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Reactive Decision-Making, Social, and Youth: A Call to Action

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Kevin Novak and Deborah Patton
Apr 04, 2024
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Issue 154, April 4, 2024

We’re worried about the members of our younger generations – your customers, employees, children, and family members. We’re worried as well about the kneejerk attempts of some of our leaders and those with influence to solve what is perceived as a problem without truly understanding it or the consequences of the solution they attempt to put into place.

Reactive States of Mind

Post-pandemic society appears to be in reaction mode, and playing whack-a-mole has become the forward-thinking, strategic, and tactical direction. This random behavior seems to be in response to imposing one’s religious values and special interests on others, public sentiment fueled by the news cycle, and candidates in an election year seeking to convince their constituents that they can deliver on what matters to voters.

Take a moment or two to reflect, and we’re sure you can identify a few solutions put forward by others that cause you to pause, perhaps even have a WTF-were-they-thinking mo…

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