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Why Engage with People That Think Differently Than You

Jeff Havens — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 15:35:42 +0000

I like it when people agree with me. I think most of us do. It’s hard not to enjoy hearing that others think our ideas, attitudes, and beliefs are right. In fact, I’m sure the world would be a much simpler place if everyone just agreed with every single thing I ever did or said. …

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How In-Person Events Look Now

Jeff Havens — Mon, 04 Oct 2021 17:31:26 +0000

Since many businesses are currently debating whether or how to return to the office – and meeting planners are debating how exactly to host their events – I thought it might be helpful this month to give you some insight into the state of in-person events today. My first live event post-apocalypse (my cutesy way…

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A New Explanation For The Current Labor Shortage

Jeff Havens — Thu, 08 Jul 2021 14:33:54 +0000

By now you’re undoubtedly aware of the latest pandemic paradox: at the same time millions of people are out of work, millions of employers can’t find workers. The explanations for our current labor shortage have been chalked up to a variety of causes from health concerns to unemployment benefits to remote schooling. I’m not going…

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The Upside of Catastrophe

Jeff Havens — Wed, 01 Jul 2020 21:06:05 +0000

I’m not saying anything especially ground-breaking when I say that the last several months have been catastrophic for just about everyone. There’s the pandemic, obviously. But that’s not the only catastrophe I’m referring to. There’s the murder of George Floyd in broad daylight on a busy street, which was not the first time a person…

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It’s Not All Catastrophe

Jeff Havens — Wed, 01 Jul 2020 20:51:35 +0000

Thankfully the last month hasn’t been all catastrophe. Here are some things that should bring a smile to your face. The world is still weird – rejoice! Lucky Man Can Fish All He Wants A Michigan man recently won a $4,000,000 jackpot – 3 years after winning a different $4,000,000 jackpot. He used a lucky…

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The One Thing Stronger Than a Pandemic

Jeff Havens — Mon, 01 Jun 2020 18:58:41 +0000

(aka Colemans Rule!) So my house flooded last month, because why not. And not just my house, but several thousand of them where I live. You may have seen it on the news – a dam broke about 30 miles north of where I live and forced an immediate evacuation of about 10,000 families immediately…

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Can Risk Be Eliminated?

Jeff Havens — Tue, 05 May 2020 18:59:43 +0000

I’ve been thinking a lot about risk lately. In all fairness, as I near the end of my second month in quarantine I have been thinking a lot about all kinds of things – poetry, weasels, gymnastics, pancakes, mulch, and you get the idea. But as far as business goes, my brain keeps circling back…

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How Should You Respond To A Crisis?

Jeff Havens — Mon, 02 Mar 2020 16:49:19 +0000

Ah, crisis. It’s a fun word to say, but that’s the only fun thing about it. Crisis brings massive uncertainty, and we generally don’t deal well with that. Besides, crises often bring the potential for something significantly negative without offering the potential for something positive. We call it risk when things might end well but…

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So You Want To Be Famous…

Jeff Havens — Mon, 02 Mar 2020 16:48:31 +0000

Culled from news headlines this month, here are a pair of stories that should give you hope that you can absolutely be famous (whether or not you should be), and that you can easily lie to whoever you want to as long as the lighting is right. Enjoy! There Is A Record For Everything It’s…

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“Nutgate”: Heather Cho Fired From Korean Airlines

Jeff Havens — Wed, 17 Dec 2014 12:05:28 +0000

Korean Airlines VP Heather Cho was recently fired for some interesting circumstances that we like to call ‘nutgate’.

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