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Ockham’s razor. If you’re like most people I meet in audiences across the US, many of you have heard of it. It, like all other philosophical razors, is a mental shortcut we use to reduce complexity around decisions and issues. Ockham’s razor, sometimes spelled “Occam”, was invented by monk
That’s the phrase that I close with in my email signature block and that I autograph books with at book signings. It encapsulates everything I do as a professional; help military veterans achieve meaningful, lucrative post-military service careers. And although, as a military veteran, I primarily speak to
“Movement”. Merriam-Webster’s Online Dictionary defines it as “an organized effort to promote or attain an end“. And that’s exactly what we’ve done at Vets2PM, start a movement to realign perceptions of veterans reintegrated into the civilian workforce, the “CIVDIV”, to shatter myths and stereotypes that keep veterans from
If you’re like most military veterans that have sat in that first interview during your transition into the civilian workforce, or you’re like most hiring managers I meet across the US that have read a newly minted resume from a military member or veteran, you feel like Charlie Brown in
Doug, a tug, and its crew and cargo sailed past the Fish Lips restaurant in Cape Canaveral, Florida yesterday, right before I went on stage to present the Florida Association of Veteran-Owned Businesses, Inc. (FAVOB)’s State of the Mission Keynote about how local Florida businesses can Use First Principles Thinking
My Context:Leadership Grid. It’s the grid you see depicted as this post’s image, and it’s one of the fundamental concepts I discuss when I address professional and industry audiences on the topic of Using First Principles Thinking to Solve Our Hiring Heroes Problem in the US (https://www.innovativepolicysolutions.org/articles/using-first-principles-thinking-to-solve-our-hiring-heroes-problem-in-the-united-states). And for context,