by Lily Gates | Aug 31, 2020 | Blog Post, Policy Wonk, Purple problem solving
Photo by Noah on Unsplash “It is easier in today’s climate to play the zealot than to look for the best in one’s opponents. Coalition-building wins few adherents on Twitter and rarely makes for exciting television. But it gets things...
by Lily Gates | Aug 15, 2020 | Blog Post, Policy Wonk, Purple problem solving
Photo by Sean McAuliffe on Unsplash Close your eyes and picture a four-year-old child drawing a circle. Strange, I know, but trust me on this one. Unless this four-year-old is an artistic prodigy, their circle will most likely not consist of a smooth curve. Instead,...
by Lily Gates | Jul 31, 2020 | Blog Post, Purple problem solving
Photo by Mari Madriz on Unsplash First in an occasional series by Lily Gates, recently graduated from James Madison University with a double major in public policy and philosophy. We asked her to educate us on policy concepts that are on the newer side! Making sense...
by Susan Wharton Gates | Jul 14, 2020 | Policy Wonk, Purple problem solving, Unum
Photo by Sushil Nash on Unsplash The tagline for Wharton Policy reads, “Is conflict costing you?” It’s a rhetorical question, of course. Conflict always exacts a cost, be it emotional, financial, relational or organizational. But let’s probe deeper: “How much...
by Susan Wharton Gates | Nov 9, 2018 | Policy Wonk, Purple problem solving, Unum
Something about being the middle child, you learn to absorb and balance out emotions. Often they are not your own. Something about growing up during the Vietnam war, as a middle child, you learn to hate conflict. Not just in a faraway rice paddy, but around the dinner...
by Susan Wharton Gates | Mar 16, 2017 | Purple problem solving
I teach graduate students of business and public administration about ethics, about values and norms, and yes, sometimes we traverse into politics by way of headline news. We talk Friedman and we talk Rawls. We talk Hillary and Trump. We talk freedom and fairness. As...
