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Embarking on Semester at Sea
From January to May 2015, Anna Beth and I are exploring the world on the Spring 2015 voyage of Semester at Sea. For over 50 years,...

John Kador
Dec 31, 2014


When Leadership Burnout May Really be Leadership Burn-in
Dan Kador is CTO of the successful startup Keen.io Medium recently picked up his post on acknowledging that he was burned out. Full...

John Kador
Dec 24, 2014


Is an Apology “Just Words” or An Action?
Some people dismiss an apology as “just words.”  A gesture without substance. The words of the minister perform a legally-enforceable...

John Kador
Dec 24, 2014


Accountability, Apology, and Bill Cosby
As of this writing, 16 women have come forward with similar narratives. It’s more and more obvious that the entertainer Bill Cosby has...

John Kador
Nov 25, 2014


A Puzzle. A Solution. An Experiment that Validates the Solution. Whew!
My Puzzler columns in REP, a magazine for financial advisors, have been popular for over six years. Many puzzles draw hundreds of...

John Kador
Nov 3, 2014


An Inmate’s Public Apology
In a previous blog, I introduced an inmate I called Charles. He wrote me a letter introducing himself as an inmate in the Sheridan...

John Kador
Oct 24, 2014


Are There Tricks to Make Your Apology Better?
Are there tricks to more effective apology? I’m skeptical. A recent article “A Trick to Make Your Apology Better” quoted a paper  from...

John Kador
Oct 9, 2014


How do I Define a Ghostwriter?
What’s a ghostwriter? The first thing to do is define “ghostwriter.” I get a lot of emails from aspiring ghostwriters who seem to have...

John Kador
Sep 10, 2014


Do Odd Numbers Really Work Better than Even Numbers in Book Titles?
What’s in a Number? When I submitted the proposal for one of my first career books to McGraw-Hill, I called it 300 Best Questions to Ask...

John Kador
Aug 29, 2014


An Inmate Asks if he should Issue a Public Apology
An inmate–let’s call him Charles–incarcerated at the Sheridan Correctional Center in Illinois  writes with a question about whether he...

John Kador
Aug 27, 2014
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