Richard lives in Boise with Jane (artist & teacher), a vizsla, and two cats. His academic and teaching interests include management, leadership, adult education, futures, library history, and the new sciences.

He earned a Ph.D. in adult education from the University of Idaho; M.P.A. in public administration from Boise State University; M.A. in library science from the University of Iowa; and, B.A. in history and social studies from Graceland University.

Richard serves as Associate State Librarian at the Idaho Commission for Libraries. He is on the national faculty for Emporia State University, School of Library and Information Management. He is the treasurer of Big Tree Arts (promoting performance poetry), a member of the World Future Society, Society for Organizational Learning, American Library Association, and past president of the Idaho Quality Institute.

Richard owned and operated the Music Man, mobile disc jockey service, for 20 years. This business provided the means to collect every #1 song on Billboard's Top 40 from 1955 to 2000 (and a whole lotta other songs)!

My passion is ...

the often humorous journey of life

I know too much about ...

depression

My parents always told me ...

do your chores, then you can play

My childhood ambition ...

make people laugh

My favorite memory ...

fishing for steelhead in Hells Canyon

Why I write ...

to stimulate, challenge, and inform

My first job ...

paper route

My best moment ...

births of my children

My inspiration ...

the creative, artistic honesty of my partner

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The purpose of the employment interview is to collect information relevant to the applicant's job-related knowledge, skills and abilities. The desired outcome from the interview is to select the individual most likely to succeed on the job. It is within this process that intentional or inadvertent discrimination can occur. The majority of applicants filing complaints with governmental over-sight bodies stem from poorly structured and/or conducted interview situations. With good planning and focused execution, the interviewer can decrease potential exposure to complaints, secure more usable ...

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