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PARADIGM: A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality for the community that shares them

April 10, 2010

A catch-word common in organizations in the 70’s and 80’s was paradigm.   Organizations embraced the idea that in the last few decades of the 20th century it was necessary to challenge the paradigms that had prevailed in the earlier decades and to recognize that society was being called to live under new paradigms. I came [...]

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MAIN STREET: the outlook, environment, or life of a small town. (Dictionary.com)

November 1, 2009

I begin with a question: Does Main Street still exist, or is it merely a metaphor or figure of speech? I ask this question because this phrase has become so important in our national dialogue over the past couple of years that it deserves to be clarified.
I grew up in a small town in [...]

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