by Clint | May 23, 2008 | Attempt at Funny, Just something cool, Random
Growing up in a family with 8 kids had its advantages and challenges – but one of the greatest advantages now is that I get to be an uncle to so many adorable kids! I love my nieces and nephews and they provide a never ending source of funny and meaningful...
by Clint | May 18, 2008 | Conferences, Innovation, Intercultural communication, Technologies for Intercultural Communication, Web Analytics
Just returning from Denmark (land of some of my ancestors), where I presented a paper at the Aarhus School of Business – “Knowledge 360” conference. Perhaps the best thing about presenting my paper “Tools and Techniques for Online...
by Clint | May 15, 2008 | Key Lessons, Web 2.0, Web Analytics
I just got my student reviews back from this last semester (see below), and so I thought it would be good to give you a follow-up report on the Web Analytics class (ISys 590R) I was asked to teach. I talked about my unique approach to teaching this semester in a...
by Clint | May 8, 2008 | Intercultural communication, Key Lessons, Religion
Through a recent dialogue I have been having online (with someone who is trying to convert me to their world view) – I have more clearly got an idea for what I think is a more helpful mindset and approach to intercultural or interfaith communication. It is a...
by Clint | Apr 18, 2008 | Cross-cultural perspectives, Intercultural communication, Religion
Today I heard Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi speak about the laws and policies in the US, in her own country (Iran), and around the world – and the ways in which they contribute to peace and human rights or promote war. The stark differences in views...
by Clint | Apr 16, 2008 | Key Lessons, Religion
The problem with making friends with older people is that they don’t stay around very long, leaving the broken-hearts behind of those who deeply miss them. The blessing, however, of knowing someone like Ruth Sowards is that her quick wit, profound wisdom, and...
by Clint | Apr 15, 2008 | Conferences, Intercultural communication, Religion
Someone asked me recently “what do Mormons believe?” My previous blog entry, About Being a Mormon Christian: Facts about Mormons, briefly summarize some of the basic beliefs Mormon’s have (e.g. Facts, Faith, Family, Fruits). Click here to read that...
by Clint | Apr 7, 2008 | Conferences, Global virtual teams, Intercultural communication, Just something cool, Web 2.0
Hope you don’t mind if I share some good news with you. I was very pleasantly surprised by it! I recently got the reviews back from a paper submission we had made to an academic conference. The paper is a synthesis of some of my work in Finland (titled...
by Clint | Mar 29, 2008 | Global virtual teams, Innovation, Key Lessons
I heard Ed Catmull, innovative president of Pixar and Disney animation studios, speak on Thursday at BYU. He spoke about a topic that I have been thinking a lot about lately – how do you create the best situation for a multidisciplinary team to work on something...
by Clint | Mar 24, 2008 | Key Lessons, Religion
One of the first times that I met Colonel Eugene Haynes Butler, an 80 year old retired air force fighter pilot, he said to me: “You know one of the biggest problems with your generation?” I waited for a totally different remark than the one which followed....
