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“Not Much Beyond Humility Is Needed To Accept Differences Of Opinion And Lifestyle.”

Preach on it.

Ted Bauer
4 min readMar 10, 2023

The quote in the headline is from this post, which is a very good treatment of activism in the workplace and how to deal with it. Most people’s answer to that question is: “Post something that sounds nice on Instagram, then ignore it all for 18 quarters.” Huzzah! Here’s a decent actionable paragraph from that article:

Instead of supporting issues through external activism (e.g. public statements, tangible support for causes), organizations can support employees toward pursuing their own opinions and interest in this arena. If, for example, 80 percent of employees support an important social cause, they could be empowered to support the cause with their own unique voice and perspective, and specific to the solution or approach they prefer, rather than as a block. And the 20 percent who disagree, or don’t have a stance, do not have to see the organization they belong to taking a position…

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Ted Bauer
Ted Bauer

Written by Ted Bauer

I write about a lot of different topics, from work to masculinity to relationships and social dynamics, I.e. modern friendship. Pleasure to be here.

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