The concept of prestidigitation is central to magic shows. It can involve a sleight of hand or the ability to distract a person while they are looking at a trick, using misdirection. Increasingly, the concept of prestidigitation is being employed by social engineers aimed at scamming others, most especially in cybersecurity attacks. Michael Solomon describes […]
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We’ve all experienced shiny pennies. As children, it seemed so magical to hold a newly-minted penny, as it sparkled in the light of day. When we held it next to another penny, we instantly drew a comparison and decided somehow that the old one could have never been as new or stand out so brilliantly.
A Venn Diagram is described by Will Kenton in Investopedia as “an illustration that uses circles to show the relationships among things or finite groups of things. Circles that overlap have a commonality while circles that do not overlap do not share those traits.” It might seem odd to focus on the concept of Venn
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One day, I was sitting at my computer listening to my coworkers as they busily edited a survey on Qualtrics. Because I’m totally blind, I was using a screen reader, which reads the screen out loud to me, and I was using keyboard commands instead of the mouse. I pressed all the keyboard commands I
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The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed 32 years ago on July 26, 1990. That date marked decades of activism from the disability community for equal treatment. In commemoration of the historic act, July marks Disability Pride Month for people with disabilities in the United States. What is Disability Pride? Eli Clare describes disability
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June 28, 2022 Alexandria, VA. – Gotham Government Services LLC (GGS), a Virginia-based SDVOSB, has acquired all Federal Government assets and training contracts of Atlantic Management Center, Inc. (AMCI). GGS will continue to serve all Federal contracts and geographic markets that AMCI previously served. AMCI is a strategic management systems company based in Alexandria, VA
I am privileged to work with leaders throughout the world in a dozen different industries and professions. A very common theme is that their workload and job demands are never-ending. Indeed, they feel as if there are no limits to what others expect from them – or what others will let them do. I met
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As we work our way through the professional ranks, some may aspire to become a project manager. The thought of managing million-dollar projects, meeting with customers, developing schedules, and hiring the right people for the internal team seems exciting. Often, project management seems like a “well-oiled” machine to the outside observer because the process may
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“Do you need to find your center to discover your confidence, or do you first find your confidence in order to be centered?” I asked a client this question once during a session. It first elicited a look of surprise, then a slight smile, followed by a long moment of reflection and silence. I sat
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In speaking with potential clients, I often get a question like the title of this blog. Questions abound, in fact, including: “Are there steps I should take to change?” or “What should I do to succeed as a leader?” As a coach who deals with unique individuals (and, of course, we’re all unique), my responses
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