by Jerome Paige | Jun 2, 2020 | Forensic Economics Investigations, Public Policy Adventures
Attorneys and their clients need to understand the implications of assessing the potential economic damages in a case when an “individual” becomes a “business” since the damages calculation shifts from estimating lost “wages” to lost “net profit.” For the W2...
by Jerome Paige | Jun 2, 2020 | Forensic Economics Investigations, Public Policy Adventures
California Statue, SB-41, which became effective January 2020, prohibits “the estimation, measure, or calculation of past, present, or future damages for lost earnings or impaired earnings capacity from a personal injury or wrongful death from being reduced based or...
by Jerome Paige | Jun 1, 2020 | Organizational Development Expeditions
Trust Strengthens Relationships Trust is the greatest asset in a complex system like an organization. This statement is a common refrain. For a complex system to thrive, the whole system must be fully engaged. The organization requires information to flow seamlessly...
by Jerome Paige | Jun 1, 2020 | DiSC...Strategic Planning....Communications.....Team Building, Organizational Development Expeditions
Trust (Vulnerability) Boot camps. Retreats. High ropes. Low ropes. Trust assessments. Trust activities (like being led while blind-folded). World cafes. These are all tools in our facilitation toolbox we’ve used to help participants become acquainted so they can...
by Jerome Paige | Jun 1, 2020 | DC History & Public Policy, DiSC...Strategic Planning....Communications.....Team Building, Making Happen, Meditation: A Gateway Knowing, Being & Action..., Mind/Body/Spirit/Shadow Explorations, Organizational Development Expeditions, Public Policy Adventures
As we watched George Floyd’s death and see the spreading unrest as a response to his murder, a question I get is: What does it take to make peace “happen?” Based on my work with the Black Yoga Teacher Alliance’s (BYTA’s) trademarked program “Yoga as a Peace Practice,”...
by Jerome Paige | May 28, 2020 | DC History & Public Policy, Public Policy Adventures, Solar/Distributed Energy Resources (DER)
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]I was a guest on the inaugural podcast “OPC Radio Connect (recorded February 3, 2020). The DC Office of the People’s Counsel produces the show. This first episode turned into a reunion. We strolled down memory lane as we...
by Jerome Paige | May 25, 2020 | Mind/Body/Spirit/Shadow Explorations, North Portal Readers & Beyond
In our May 2020 Zoom meeting of the North Portal Readers, we discussed “I Can’t Make This Up; Life Lessons” by Kevin Hart (2017). Our discussion leader’s 32-year-old nephew had recommended the book to his aunt. While many of us were very familiar with Hart, it was...
by Jerome Paige | Jan 25, 2019 | Cultural Connections -- HumanitiesDC...DC Living Heritage Network, North Portal Readers & Beyond, Public Policy Adventures
“Major Marco” (Denzel in The Manchurian Candidate 2004) had a palpable feeling that something wasn’t right. His internal in-congruence kept him pushing despite his seemingly preposterous claims. He along with others in his platoon knew they were crazy. Our...
by Jerome Paige | Jan 25, 2019 | Cultural Connections -- HumanitiesDC...DC Living Heritage Network, North Portal Readers & Beyond, Public Policy Adventures
In “Against Creativity,” there is a chapter titled “Politics: Austere Creativity.” “Coping” is a creative response to imposed, harsh political conditions. In news reports today, we are reading about how “coping” is...
by Jerome Paige | Jan 18, 2019 | Mind/Body/Spirit/Shadow Explorations
My Notebook entry dated August 2, 2013 contains a draft of my ideas.For me, the language of mystics is a language that expresses the inexpressible. Once we go beyond all concepts and ideas there is nothing to say because words have no meaning. Some folks just sit in...
