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Part Two: "Default to Truth" - Did you find it ironic that in all the examples provided by Gladwell in this section, the default to truth was actually people defaulting [...]

Point Taken Book Club "Talking with Strangers" by Malcolm Gladwell: Post 1 One of my new neighbors here in Jersey is a woman that primarily speaks Portuguese. Her dog and [...]

My son Ben and I were at the park last week and I stuck up a conversation with a parent on the playground. I’m new to town and 100% shameless [...]

I took a pass at using Chat GPT – maybe you’ve heard of it? It’s the newly released AI system that is causing quite the stir, especially on college campuses [...]

We have all heard of the phenomena of ‘quiet quitting’ where employees report they are not willing to go the extra mile, or even the extra inch, above what is [...]

There is something inherently optimistic about the start of a new calendar year.  The new calendar page makes us feel like we have a new beginning. We can leave the [...]

I’d like to recommend a short read for your long weekend. Tara Haelle recently published an article titled "Your ‘Surge Capacity’ Is Depleted — It’s Why You Feel Awful"  She [...]

With so many recent changes, we are all wondering how work’s ‘new normal’ translates into successful business practices. Here at Point Taken, we have been working with some of our [...]

Make the Most of Working Remotely This is a time when we need to be performing our best and managing your team remotely can be a challenge. If you don’t [...]

Hello All! We are all reacting to the day-by-day challenges brought on by the spread of the COVID-19 virus.  Here at Point Taken, we value everyone’s health above all else, [...]