Feb 01, 2010
Ed Mullen
Communicating a vision of a possible and preferable future provides both a map and destination to people weighing the costs and benefits of change.
It is easier for people to embrace change when the benefits are clear and the unknowns have been worked out. When pushing for something — governmental change, a certain vacation spot or evening plans — it’s important to make the future you are proposing familiar, understandable and desirable.
Traditions are an important method of transmitting cultural wisdom. They contain valuable concepts that have been encoded and passed on through generations, their value often unspoken and unconscious. Traditional meals feature healthful combinations of ingredients without requiring dietary expertise. Moral traditions present structures that have served to preserve and unite communities. Traditions are valuable tools of culture. It is a good thing that we don’t easily shake them off.
Envisioning a Health Insurance Exchange
With the debate raging, it may be helpful to look at one key aspect of health care reform.
Jan 26, 2010
Ed Mullen
The process of reforming health care has been a decades-long undertaking. Recently we’ve come very close to passage of some legislation. The various plans that have been floated contain ideas pulled from years of discussion and thinking from across the political landscape. But still, the conversation at times seems to be more abstract than the reality of the reforms. Without examples that are easy for people to understand, it is difficult for people to see the benefits of the reforms and it introduces an opportunity for manipulation.
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