You cannot claim to be ethical if you lack values, beliefs, cultural experiences, principles, experiences both personal and professional and of course good conscience as a result of upbringing and exposure. To be a good man or woman, you must have some stock of “what good looks like” in your brain so that when you experience tough situations you have stock of leading insights or best practices to guide your next course of action. Different people will respond to situations that confront them differently based on their knowledge, exposure, desired outcome, and value system. For example, a person with…
The (un)ethical mind
As a forensic and cybersecurity researcher, I spend some of my free time on television watching documentaries like CSI Miami, Blood Relatives, Evil Killers, Murder Comes Home, Diabolical Deadly Love, and 48 Hours to mention but seven. These shows are not only interesting but teach a lot about the psychology of the killers and criminals – why do people commit crimes. Why do people live double lives? Why do seemingly good people during the day, turn into monsters at night or at their homes when they know no one is watching? Each of the show starts with the context of…
Welcome, 2021! Say no to resolutions
Your best decision in 2021 is to avoid making any resolutions. 2020 proved that annual resolutions are a waste of time. If you learn from experience, you know that the Coronavirus pandemic rendered resolutions useless. Some resolutions like traveling to new places became difficult to attain. In these dynamic TUNA – turbulent, uncertain, novel, and ambiguous – times, you need to embrace priorities. As the new year starts, what are your two or three priorities to guide your decision making? Start by brainstorming or using any such tool for idea generation. The easiest one is to ask a simple question…