Dr Flavius Akerele III's The E Team Education blog

  There is a great deal of discussion about artificial intelligence, how it might take over the world, eliminate jobs, become dangerous, or somehow escape our control. Those concerns are not entirely unfounded. We should pay attention to how AI is developed and used. But we should also remember one important fact: We created it. And throughout history, humanity has often proven to be its own greatest danger. I have written before about my thoughts on AI. I believe it has a legitimate place in our lives and could become a true partner if we learn to work with it responsibly. But that is not what I want to talk about today. I think we may be worried about the wrong technology. Do you remember payphones? More importantly, do you remember the gradual transition from cellphones being convenient to their becoming practically mandatory? Today, it is increasingly difficult to function without a cellphone. We use our phones for banking, workplace authentication, medical appointmen...

  When the System Is Broken, But Nobody Intended to Break It By Dr. Flavius A. B. Akerele III, EdD, MBA Working in healthcare has caused me to think differently about what it means to say that a system is broken . Sometimes when we use that phrase, people immediately look for someone to blame. But what if nobody deliberately broke it? What if most of the people working within the system are good people trying to do good work? And yet, somehow, people still fall through the cracks. Healthcare and supportive services can be incredibly fragmented. One organization provides one service. Another provides something else. Eligibility requirements differ. Funding sources have different rules. Programs don't always communicate with one another. And the person needing help is somehow expected to understand how all the pieces fit together. But what happens when they don't? Certain communities remain underserved or underrepresented. Some people know how to navigate the system better than o...

  Merriam-Webster defines fear as: “an unpleasant often strong emotion caused by anticipation or awareness of danger.” In the Bible, fear can carry two very different meanings. There is the harmful, anxious fear that people are repeatedly told to overcome, but there is also the fear of the Lord —a sense of reverence, awe, and respect. Whatever definition we use, fear is part of being human. Even people we describe as fearless have fears. ·        We fear failure. ·        We fear what we don't understand. ·        We fear what we are told to be afraid of. ·        We fear rejection. ·        We fear losing what we have. ·        And sometimes, strangely enough, we may even fear success and everything that comes with it. There are so many types of fear. Fear Doesn't Always Look Like ...