by Jerome S Paige | Apr 12, 2022 | Organizational Development, Race and Economic Damages
If someone asked me today what a mission and vision of an organization that centers and uplifts racial justice looks like, I would say: Read the new vision and mission statements of the DC Fiscal Policy Institute. Here’s what we say: But more importantly, look...
by Jerome S Paige | Apr 6, 2022 | Making Trust Happen
What’s this? No matter what you say to someone — positive, negative, or neutral — they always reframe or rephrase it so that it reflects their ownership of the concept, idea, or thought. Why? My theory. Most folks don’t know how to...
by Jerome S Paige | Mar 30, 2022 | Organizational Development
COVID-19 and the subsequent lockdown broke the spell many had about work. Its enchantment dissipated. What happened?SomeExited the labor market, including retiring earlyNegotiated higher payLeft jobs that were deadening before and during the PandemicLost any allure...
by Jerome S Paige | Mar 22, 2022 | Organizational Development
What a pleasant surprise.As I was driving South on Georgia Ave, NW DC, on January 24, 2022, look what pulled alongside me, traveling in the opposite direction. It was a “new” truck from the DC Department of Public Works (DPW). Written on the side of the...
by Jerome S Paige | Mar 16, 2022 | Making Trust Happen, Organizational Development
QUESTION: What do you need to think outside the box? ANSWER: To know what box you’re thinking inside of.That’s right. We often don’t know “the box” we’re thinking inside of. That’s why it’s hard to think outside of it. In our work on “trust,” we encounter this all the...
