“Put your sword back into its place. For all who take the sword will perish by the sword.” — Jesus of Nazareth, 1st century Jewish Rabbi, Lord and Savior Corporate Politics Corporate politics: The human behaviors of exercising power and authority in the workplace. To double-down on this: politics is always the exercise of power and authority. Not sometimes. Always. Politics is neither good nor evil; but it can achieve both.

UPDATED Feb 2022 for additional links and text updates for clarity. A little story I want to tell about the Russian Federation and the expansion of NATO under the direction of the US Government. NOTE: Conversational quotes are paraphases of actual statements. 1991: the Soviet Union dissolution was largely complete. All the former members of the Union were now their own nation states and several of the more radically evolving nations (like Poland) were already being approached by NATO and Europe (who was in proto-EU stages) for membership in their treaties.