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TOUCH

It Transforms an Interaction

What am I doing telling people to touch each other at work?! This is the twenty-first century, and the #metoo movement is in full force. Am I out of my mind suggesting any kind of physical contact? I thought hard about this chapter. It would be easier to just leave it out. It would also be wrong. Touch is too important in establishing the human connection to ignore just because it’s complicated. And because it’s complicated, there are men who may opt to avoid any kind of touch at the office. I’m in full agreement. If you have any doubt, any niggling suspicion that your behavior might be misinterpreted or ...

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