The Inclusive Agenda

The All-Inclusive Caribbean Vacation: Hospitality-Tourism or Neocolonialism? Perry Douglas September 14, 2019 Like many immigrants from the Caribbean, wishing to show their children their homeland, I spent my fair share of time at all-inclusive resorts on several different Caribbean islands. One of my most vivid memories was observing the tourists as they watched the hotel’s ‘cultural shows’ where Grenadian dancers performed typical dances in traditional outfits that I had never seen outside of the resort! At the time it didn’t hit me that these performers were being trotted out to give visitors the illusion that they were experiencing authentic Grenadian culture. Now it is truly disheartening to think that foreigners would walk away believing they knew anything about our culture. Those dances in no way resembled Grenadian culture and were essentially made up to push a false narrative developed through the legacy of colonialism. This example reveals one of the many unpalatable

Inclusive Success, and the Relationship to the Quiet Ego Perry Douglas, December 26, 2019 In psychologist Daniel Kahneman’s Nobel prize-winning book, Thinking, Fast and Slow, two modes of thought are analyzed: “System 1” which is fast, instinctive and emotional; and “System 2” which is slow, deliberative, and logical. Kahneman examines emotional versus logical thought processes. This book literally changed the way I think. It taught me how to quiet my emotions, ego, and intuition, and allowed the more deliberative part of my brain to play a greater and more effective role; thus relying less on intuition and ego, and more on information analysis and logic in ‘decisioning.’ Although we cannot completely suppress our emotions basic instincts, we do possess the cognition and mindfulness to make our own choices. Adapting and combining thinking fast and slow, with quieting the ego, has allowed me to align, more effectively, my business objectives with my social objectives, resulting in