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While Machines Learn, Humans Forget to Think

While Machines Learn, Humans Forget to Think

by Lea Strickland | May 12, 2026 | Organizational Change, Perspectives, Technology

Machine learning has become the brain of modern society. Every click, swipe, and search runs through it. We celebrate its speed, precision, and predictive power. However, in doing so, we may be surrendering something priceless: the ability to think deeply for...
What Erma Bombeck Can Teach Business About Opportunities

What Erma Bombeck Can Teach Business About Opportunities

by Lea Strickland | May 9, 2026 | Perspectives

Lessons from Erma Bombeck’s If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits? for Business Success Erma Bombeck’s If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits? is a humorous yet poignant reflection on life’s absurdities, capturing the chaos of...

My Participles are Dangling, and My Modifiers are Squinting

by Lea Strickland | Aug 15, 2025 | Business Articles, Perspectives

What’s a Writer to Do? If you’re a writer, there’s a good chance you’ve stumbled upon a grammar rule that makes you break out in a cold sweat. Nothing quite strikes fear into a writer’s heart like a dangling participle or a squinting...
How Zohran Mamdani’s Tax Hikes Impact Businesses in NYC (and Beyond)

How Zohran Mamdani’s Tax Hikes Impact Businesses in NYC (and Beyond)

by Lea Strickland | Jun 26, 2025 | Business Articles, Economy and Economics, Perspectives, Small Business

Zohran Mamdani’s (a self-proclaimed democratic socialist (an oxymoron)) victory in the New York City Democratic mayoral primary on June 24, 2025, has placed his ambitious economic agenda under intense scrutiny, particularly his proposed tax hikes to fund expansive...
Rethinking Freedom in a Changing America

Rethinking Freedom in a Changing America

by Lea Strickland | Jun 20, 2025 | Business Articles, Economy and Economics, Perspectives

Freedom: The Heart of American Identity Freedom is the bedrock of who we are as Americans. It shapes our politics, culture, and world views. Rooted in our founding documents (The US Constitution, Bill of Rights, etc.) and revolutionary spirit, freedom traditionally...
American Capitalism: A Balance of Freedom, Prosperity, and Reform

American Capitalism: A Balance of Freedom, Prosperity, and Reform

by Lea Strickland | Jun 20, 2025 | Business Articles, Perspectives

Core Values Underpinning Strength America’s historical strength lies in its shared commitment to core values: democracy and personal freedom as inviolable, private property, enterprise as widely supported, and free-market capitalism, competition, and limited...
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