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The Importance of Maintenance: Taking care and doing repair

The Importance of Maintenance: Taking care and doing repair

All physical things we need and enjoy will only last with maintenance. Even the non-physical thing need repair as well, relationships, teams, mental health, even community and societal systems, such as education and democracy.

By kwile@stcollab.com June 29, 2023 Personal, Systemic Reflections
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Policy history that built the wealth gap

Policy history that built the wealth gap

In the history of the US, laws and policies were put in place that slowly and surely created a wealth gap between Black Americans and white Americans.

By kwile@stcollab.com June 16, 2023 Systemic Reflections
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Structure of Inequity and Racism, Part 2 – Citations

Structure of Inequity and Racism, Part 2 – Citations

Below is a partial bibliography for a previous post “Structure of Inequality and Racism, Part I“. These articles and books provide a basis to substantiate the causality between markets and institutions in US society. The […]

By kwile@stcollab.com February 26, 2023 Systemic Reflections, Uncategorized
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5 Steps for Good Apology – Repairing the Harm We Do

5 Steps for Good Apology – Repairing the Harm We Do

“Why should we apologize?  Everyone gets offended so easily these days.”   To Help or Hurt, We Choose Each of us decides how we want to move through the world. What are our values? Do […]

By kwile@stcollab.com December 14, 2021 Personal, Systemic Reflections, Updates
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Clean Water – Now Urgent and Important

Clean Water – Now Urgent and Important

In May 2021, it was a small news byline. The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME, Inc.) started buying and selling water futures in California. Pro-capitalism voices say this will provide information about the future of water […]

By kwile@stcollab.com October 14, 2021 Systemic Reflections, Uncategorized
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The Structure of Inequity and Racism in the US, Part 1

The Structure of Inequity and Racism in the US, Part 1

Place Matters The causal feedback structure above is a primary driver of inequities in the United States, and has been for the past five or six generations. This is the central feedback loop for families […]

By kwile@stcollab.com October 20, 2020 News, Systemic Reflections, Updates
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Varied and amazing beauty

Perfectionism – Unlocking the Imaginary Shackles

We need to talk about an aspect of our culture, a pervasive value that has impacted all of us, for our whole lives. Perfectionism. If we were lucky, it first happened in our early school […]

By kwile@stcollab.com June 24, 2020 Personal, Systemic Reflections
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A Warning from Madeleine Albright

A Warning from Madeleine Albright

One of my book groups recently read Madeliene Albright’s book, Fascism: A Warning. It was published in 2018, though much of it written before Donald Trump was elected to the presidency.  While it didn’t succinctly […]

By kwile@stcollab.com January 17, 2020 News, Reviews, Systemic Reflections
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Self-Care Simplified: Take 3 for Your Well-Being

Self-Care Simplified: Take 3 for Your Well-Being

The only way we are going to get through this marathon of malaise, with our well-being intact, is to practice self care. “Yeah, it’s tough out there.” “Maybe worse,” I said, “Incomes that are less […]

By kwile@stcollab.com August 8, 2018 Personal, Systemic Reflections
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Giver or a Taker? Personal and Systemic Observations

Giver or a Taker? Personal and Systemic Observations

The structure of a system, even if populated with fair-minded or generous actors can give rise to vast inequalities.   For the last several years, I had the opportunity to work with the gifted faculty […]

By kwile@stcollab.com June 12, 2018 Systemic Reflections
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