Making "What is" Visible
So I am back from my whirlwind, three-city tour last week (Phoenix, Toronto, Chicago), which explains my lack of blogging. I had a fabulous time at three very different events. Monday I was speaking at the Organization D ...
Monthly Archives: October 2012
Thanks to All Who Donated
I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who donated to support Ride Allegheny this year. As I announced several times on this blog, I've been doing this ride for 10 years, and for the last five or six we've been raisi ...
Rethinking New Employee Orientation
We don't take the orientation process nearly as seriously as we should. And even when we take it seriously, we tend to focus on administrative details. We make sure people have the HR forms and employee manuals. That's a ...
Should Social Media Matter to Leadership?
Maddie and I put together a quick survey about social media and leadership a few weeks ago, and in no time at all we got 505 people to complete the survey (thanks to all of you who helped spread the word!). I've been rev ...
Humanize Webinar with NTEN
Next Tuesday Maddie and I will be doing a FREE one-hour webinar in partnership with NTEN, the Nonprofit Technology Network. In fact, one of NTEN's staff members--Amy Ward-- will be delivering the webinar with us. Maddie ...
Learning Requires Time
Do you value learning? Or is it really just the "idea" of learning something new that is valued? This was an interesting question posed by Cameron Norman in a blog post about how "serious" we are about learning. Many of ...
Like Big Data? Prepare Your Organization
There is a fairly straightforward post on the HBR blog about putting big data to use. The article provides guidelines to companies who recognize the potential of big data, but aren't sure where to start. It provides guid ...