Articles written by Todd Welch

  • (Day 258) Can We Learn About Trust From Psychopaths?

    Aug 11, 2010 » No Comments

    Jim_Fallon_UCI_Daniel_Anderson_Photo2 copy James Fallon  has a unique perspective of psychopaths. As Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology at University of California Irvine, he has worked on neuroscientific projects that involve adult stem cells in the injured brain. He has also worked in the areas of schizophrenia, Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease. However, recently he has been studying the brains of psychopaths.

    I heard him speak on NPR and thought maybe there was a connection to Trust.  I was wondering what we could learn about trust from people who have no regard for it. I was not sure what to expect but was pleasantly surprised by what I learned. Especially when I found out James and his family underwent functional brain imaging and genetic analysis for potential violence patterns. This was getting interesting and I was surprised by what they found. I think you will be too. This is part 1 of a 2 part series.

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  • (Day 257) Measuring A Successful Life

    Aug 10, 2010 » No Comments

    iStock_000009472405XSmallWhat do you consider to be a successful life? This question occurred to me as I was thinking about creating a game to develop trust. I am calling it “The Great Game of Trust.” This will be a game people can play online or in person. It will be a fast paced, high stakes game played by kids and adults. The goal will be to build trusted alliances and learn how to identify trust busters. It will help people develop some life  skills while having a lot of fun. The take away message will be a better understanding of how important trust is in their own lives and the lives of the people they live and work with.

    Since I have never created a game before I started to look for some help. I was able to connect with a professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology (R.I.T.) who is an expert in gaming. He started to ask me some basic questions, like what would be the metrics be. In other words, how would the players measure their own success. This started me thinking about how to identify the metrics for a successful life?  I started to make a list about how I might measure my own life. Below is my starter list. I got a little esoteric at first, but later I added some more tangibles items. If you would like to add some of your ideas, I would love it. It would be fun to have more people involved in creating the game. I invite you to add to the list and rank your top 10. Then post your response below. This will be used for the basis of the Great Game of Trust. Have fun!

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  • (Day 256) Finding Happiness

    Aug 9, 2010 » No Comments

    This is part six of a series with Kenny Moore, one of my favorite all time interviews. He has done it all and lived to talk about it – literally. His first 15 years he was a monk, survived stage four cancer and open heart surgery, and invested 25 years in business including being a key partner with Robert Catell, CEO of KeySpan, an energy company with 12,000 employees. Finally he wrote the best selling book The CEO and the Monk, which was featured on CBS news. He is interesting, engaging, honest and direct. I have several short videos from my time with Kenny that I will be sharing with you over the next several days. In this sixth video Kenny talks about finding happiness.

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  • (Day 255) Jet Blue Attendant – Hero Or Warning Sign?

    Aug 8, 2010 » No Comments

    stevenjetblueYesterday a Jet Blue flight from Pittsburgh to JFK created a lot of attention when flight attendant Steven Slater deployed the emergency shoot after landing. Apparently a women passenger shouted expletives at Steven while prematurely getting her luggage. This escalated into an altercation ending with Steven swearing over the open mic, declaring he was quitting his job, grabbing a few beers, opening the emergency door, sliding down the shoot and going home – only to be arrested hours later.

    This has been reported widely in the media. It seems to be making a hero out of him. Here is headline from CNN Frustrated Employees applaud flight attendant . Maybe all the attention is the result of every waitress, janitor and service person screaming out for a little respect. Customers forget that they are dealing with fellow human beings, treating servers as if they own their time. On the other hand, company employees forget they are dealing with real people not just getting a paycheck. The TSA is famous for this and right after you get that shakedown you are sent into a airplane tube full of humanity. Mix this altogether and you have a pressure cooker for bad behavior to manifest. I am willing to bet that both Steven and the passenger he had the altercation with felt disrespected. [...]

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  • (Day 254) Can You Live Up To What You Espouse?

    Aug 7, 2010 » No Comments

    5252-hewlett-packard-hp-chairman-and-ceo-mark-hurdHere we go again… Mark Hurd,  CEO of HP the world’s largest computer manufacturer, resigned over a personal relationship with a female contractor. Apparently he made payments to her company that were inappropriate. These company funds were used to further a personal relationship not HP business. This experience is not limited to the USA or to women. Lord Brown, the previous CEO of BP (pre Tony Hayward), did the exact same thing paying his boyfriend with company funds before being caught in a lie and forced to step down.

    Today I am thinking about why this happens? If these men are vulnerable, does that make all of us vulnerable? I think Mark Hurd’s quote sums my thoughts best:

    Mr Hurd said, “There were instances in which I did not live up to the standards and principles of trust, respect and integrity that I have espoused at HP.”

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  • (Day 253) Does Knowing You Are Dying Help You Live?

    Aug 6, 2010 » 1 Comment

    This is part five of a series with Kenny Moore, one of my favorite all time interviews. He has done it all and lived to talk about it – literally. His first 15 years he was a monk, survived stage four cancer and open heart surgery, and invested 25 years in business including being a key partner with Robert Catell, CEO of KeySpan, an energy company with 12,000 employees. Finally he wrote the best selling book The CEO and the Monk, which was featured on CBS news. He is interesting, engaging, honest and direct. I have several short videos from my time with Kenny that I will be sharing with you over the next several days. In this fifth video Kenny talks about how dying helps you live.

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  • (Day 252) Do You Want Change? Ask for Help!

    Aug 5, 2010 » No Comments


    This is part four of a series with Kenny  Moore, one of my favorite all time interviews. He has done it all and lived to talk about it – literally. His first 15 years he was a monk, survived stage four cancer and open heart surgery, and invested 25 years in business including being a key partner with Robert Catell, CEO of KeySpan, an energy company with 12,000 employees. Finally he wrote the best selling book The CEO and the Monk, which was featured on CBS news. He is interesting, engaging, honest and direct. I have several short videos from my time with Kenny that I will be sharing with you over the next several days. In this forth video Kenny tells a little more about the corporate funeral and suggests asking for help might be the best leadership quality.

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