By Dr. Ken Broda Bahm: In a fast-paced technological age, it is refreshing that the simple act of a person giving a speech still has some legs. The “TED Talk” formula of an 18-minute presentation continues to be popular, with more than 2,500 official TED Talks and nearly 100,000 talks in the affiliate “TEDx” network, […]
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By Dr. Ken Broda Bahm: In our age, the social networks and airwaves are awash in fake news and rumors of fake news. In that context, it seems, people respond by seeking refuge in their own fortresses. That means doubling down on their core ideological beliefs and rejecting anything that comes from a different perspective.
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By Dr. Ken Broda Bahm: The divisions in this country are not just political, they also relate to attitudes toward responsibility. In a survey and study conducted this past month (July, 2019), we asked respondents about their views of individual versus collective responsibility. In response to a question that offered two choices on how they
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By Dr. Ken Broda Bahm: Attorney: “To help prepare you for your testimony, let’s review what they’re going to ask about. They’re going to ask about Smith’s performance reviews.” Witness: “Okay, I can talk about these…” Attorney: “Great, so…Why would you terminate Smith after rating him excellent just three weeks earlier?” Witness: “Well, I think
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By Dr. Ken Broda Bahm: The big moment finally arrived. After two years of investigations and fast-churning news cycles, Robert Mueller, the former Special Counsel who focused on Russian election interference and obstruction claims involving the President, finally arrived to testify before the House Judiciary Committee and the nation. But if House Democrats expected him
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By Dr. Ken Broda Bahm: Many to most of my readers will be old enough to remember when there was no Internet. Or, perhaps, you’ll remember a time when “going online” meant connecting through a noisy modem and a telephone line. Even more of you will remember a time when you didn’t have an internet-connected
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By Dr. Ken Broda Bahm: Sitting in a courtroom during a recent trial, I had the opportunity to hear opening statements from both the Plaintiff and the Defendant. Both sides devoted a portion of their time during these openings to stress the well-worn theme of, “What I say isn’t evidence.” Both sides emphasized that evidence
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By Dr. Ken Broda Bahm: Here is a recent bit of media research that carries some relevance to corporate defense. According to researchers at Ohio University (Grizzard et al, 2019), when we are being entertained — reading a book, taking in a movie, or watching television — we prefer moral characters. That might seem obvious,
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By Dr. Ken Broda Bahm: Our trial system is based on the ideal of a neutral fact-finder. And as much as the social science tells us that this blank slate does not actually exist, it remains true that jurors will try very hard to keep an open mind. No, they won’t be able to, as
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By Dr. Ken Broda Bahm: Within the last week, I have conducted two mock trials on cases that are strongly susceptible to hindsight. In both defense cases, once you know the outcome, it is very easy to see past events or conditions as big red flags predicting that outcome. But, the defense was that, without
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