Carman Dawson

Knowledge is power

Workplace violence: Reactions, warnings, and prevention

In June of 1991, a workplace shooting took place about five miles north of where I worked in San Diego, Calif.

Two executives were targeted and killed. The company designed electronic components and had a stellar reputation as a wonderful place to work and a producer of great products.

I heard and read the reports and thought I understood what happened.

Not true. I heard the information at an intellectual level, but not at an emotional or heart level.

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