Will Baum is a true collaborator, and last week he spoke with me via email as part of a continuing series of practice consultant interviews. Read the Interview Here.

But this is not the end of his story.  Will is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Los Angeles, CA with a passion for helping people in crisis and an interest in bettering the profession by ...

In the late 1800’s, economist Vilfredo Pareto posited a law of income distribution that would later bear his name: Pareto’s Law.  Today, in its more generalized form, the law states that 80% of the consequences stem from 20% of the causes.  Research over the years has shown this law to be proven in almost any setting.  Let’s take a closer look at a variation of the law as ...

In 1990, a young man named Geoffrey Canada, returned home to Harlem on a mission.  His goal – to “end the cycle of poverty in Harlem by transforming all aspects of children’s lives”.  Most would say it was an unrealistic goal rooted in naivete and bravado.  But Mr. Canada, a man who had defied all the odds since early childhood, continued undeterred by his doubters.

He began ...

“Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.”
- Einstein

In the mid 1960’s, a lanky teenager named Dick Fosbury was working on his high jump technique with limited results.  At that time, the “correct” method for high jumping was known as the straddle method.  It’s an obvious technique whereby the jumper approaches the bar head on, kicks one foot up over the bar and ...