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A Dark Matter of Memory: Adding fiction novel to our repertoire
I’ve recently published a novel, A Dark Matter of Memory. It explores the possibility that dark matter (which is a placeholder for unknown parts of the universe) might retain patterns of history. Not only was it a great deal of fun to write, it’s also a different way of approaching social systems design. What possibilities can we imagine, which might then shape the work that creates them? “A Dark Matter of Memory is a love story set in a future beyond nation-states. Alfred Medupe, a young scientist from the African Region, is exploring the possibility of finding memory in dark matter. Then a tragedy makes his search more personal. Is…
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Social Systems and Design podcast
This podcast was hosted by Tom Scholte, as part of the New Books in Systems and Cybernetics series.
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Summary of Services
At InterConnections, LLC, the focus of our practice is to help organizations in their efforts to build a positive employee relations climate, eliminate counterproductive work behaviors, and create cultures of respect. In support of this focus, our consulting work centers around three key services: (1) Executive Coaching for Leaders and Managers; (2) HR Investigations, including employee misconduct, allegations of sexual harassment, and toxic workplace environments; and (3) HR Consulting, including executive and board-level performance evaluations, and the development of HR professionals and the HR function
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Your Employees Are Not Criminals . . . So Why Treat Them That Way?
Teresa A Daniel, JD, PhD Dean & Professor-Human Resource Leadership Program at Sullivan University Originally published on linkedIn Every company has work rules and expected standards of conduct. Unfortunately, employees do not always live up to those standards resulting in a unilateral decision to part ways. Adding to the stress and emotion that an employee is likely to feel when notified of the termination decision, all too often employers also put them through a somewhat barbaric and humiliating “walk of shame”. You know what I am talking about (and no, it is not the morning after a college fraternity party). You have likely seen it happen at work or even…
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Dr. Teresa Daniel Authors New Book on Toxin Handlers in the Workplace: Sullivan University
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Sullivan University Dean and Professor Dr. Teresa Daniel, a leading expert on the management of human capital, has written a timely and unique book titled Organizational Toxin Handlers: The Critical Role of HR, OD, and Coaching Practitioners in Managing Toxic Workplaces Situations. The book examines HR’s role in helping employees deal with toxic workplace emotions that are caused by difficult organizational decisions and situations. The numerous return to work issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic are a prime example of the types of issues causing stress to both employees and their organizations. HR practitioners have never been more relevant or more in demand. The book is being…
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Gary Metcalf: Complex Systems Science Gathering, Stockholm, Sweden, 2019 Dec 07
Dr. Gary Metcalf gives a talk at the Complex Systems Science Gathering, Stockholm, Sweden, on 2019 Dec 07 http://www.garymetcalf.com/extras/gary-metcalf-complex-system-science-stockholm-2019-12-07.mp4
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Social Systems and Design (Springer Verlag, 2014) by Gary Metcalf
In the opening chapter of his edited volume, Social Systems and Design, out from Springer in 2014, Gary Metcalf asks if it is possible to establish ethical “first principles” for the design of social systems. Inspired by his mentor, Bela Banathy (a giant of the systems field), and pondering the potential levels of influence we might actually have over the evolutionary development of the social systems in which we are all embedded, Metcalf provocatively asks what sorts of goals should we set for ourselves and what sorts of means should we use to achieve them. Book homepage (Individual chapters can be purchased) Read the book review
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WKYT Kentucky TV: Dr. Teresa Daniel on Workplace Bullying
WKYT Kentucky TV interviews Dr. Teresa Daniel on Workplace Bullying
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WHAS11 TV: Dr. Teresa Daniel, Workplace Bullying Interview
Dr. Earlier this week WHAS11 News interviewed Sullivan University’s Dr. Teresa Daniel about her recent contribution to an article about workplace bullying in Redbook Magazine. Dr. Daniel is the Dean of the Human Resource Leadership Program and expert in workplace bullying. Find more about our Human Resource Leadership program here: https://sullivan.edu/hr-leadership-rfi/ alternate
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Sullivan University dean recognized as thought leader on workplace bullying
Dr. Teresa Daniel is recognized for her work on workplace bullying. Sullivan University dean recognized as thought leader on workplace bullying “It’s important for women to know that they don’t have to take it anymore,” Dr. Daniel, who is also an employment lawyer, says in the article. “I think the changes we are seeing with respect to sexual harassment after the #MeToo movement are going to spill over.” “Women are becoming more vocal because for the first time they have some confidence that they will be believed,” she said. “The atmosphere is changing, and corporations will hopefully realize they can’t tolerate any kind of bad behavior at work and will…