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The Art of Power
What’s missing from our workplace wellness and well-being efforts? What’s the elephant in the room we’re typically too hesitant to...
Paul Knowlton
Nov 19, 20214 min read


Capitalism and Racial Reconciliation
We recognize that our use of the phrase ‘plantation system economics’ to underscore the universality of exploitation evokes America’s...
Paul Knowlton
Oct 29, 20213 min read


Better Capitalism in Action: Not a Fairy Tale
Once upon a time a man named John Sr. had two successful businesses. Each business had dozens of employees. John Sr. managed and grew the...
Paul Knowlton
Oct 22, 20215 min read


Too Big to be Responsible?
As a child I was regularly riveted and horrified by the old 1931 black and white movie Frankenstein, where the actor William Henry Pratt...
Paul Knowlton
Oct 8, 20214 min read


You're Killin' Me Smalls - Part II
In Part I, I shared a challenge I faced early in my career as a new quality control (QC) supervisor. I was increasingly exasperated with...
Paul Knowlton
Aug 27, 20214 min read


You’re Killin’ Me, Smalls – Part 1
Just a week into my additional responsibilities as the quality control (QC) supervisor of the manufacturing plant where I was the process...
Paul Knowlton
Aug 20, 20213 min read


Kill Your Pain Points
Photo Credit Aarón Blanco Tejedor on Unsplash.com About your pain points when dealing with customers and other people. Wouldn’t it be a...
Paul Knowlton
Jul 30, 20213 min read


Do Entrepreneurs Lie?
Who? Me?! The newly minted July-August 2021 edition of Harvard Business Review (HBR) includes an insightful ethics article titled...
Paul Knowlton
Jul 16, 20213 min read


The Good Capitalist: Part II – A Modern Update
[This blog continues the story begun in the previous post. I know, the “Part II” kinda makes that obvious, but, you know, thought I’d...
Paul Knowlton
Jul 9, 20214 min read


The Good Capitalist: Part I – An Ancient Story
[For this Part I blog and the next Part II blog, I share an edited version of a sermon I recently preached titled “The Good Capitalist”...
Paul Knowlton
Jul 2, 20215 min read


Enough
We humans, like all species, have needs. Our tip-of-the-tongue list of needs usually begins with food, clothing, shelter, safety,...
Paul Knowlton
May 28, 20214 min read


Growing Pains?
Growth can be a joyful experience. My joyful growth memories include my first motorcycle, earning job promotions, graduating from degree...
Paul Knowlton
May 21, 20213 min read


Entitled Borrowing + Entrapment Lending
On my back patio with a group of vaccinated but still socially distanced friends, we covered the usual gamut of complaints and concerns...
Paul Knowlton
May 14, 20214 min read


Order-Disorder-Reorder
A fantasy many of us grew up hearing is that we can design, control, and live the perfect lives we imagine, or others imagined for us....
Paul Knowlton
Mar 19, 20214 min read
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