From an interesting New York Times interview with Michael Gould, the CEO of Bloomingdales, here are some Humanize-related quotes: I believe the business I’m in is giving people an opportunity to grow. At the end of the ...
I wrote this post a few days in advance, because today I am no where near a computer. I'm on day 2 of a four-day bike ride from Pittsburgh, PA to Gaithersburg, MD. It's the 11th time I've done this ride. Day 2 is particu ...
Today I am delivering a pilot version of a workshop on strategic risk and decision making for management teams, co-delivered with Elizabeth Engel and Leslie White. Leslie is leading the discussion on risk and Elizabeth i ...
***UPDATE*** We met our $250,000 goal!!! Can you believe that?! 90 riders and we raised $250,000. But that doesn't mean you're off the hook. Please give! I leave Wednesday afternoon for Ride Allegheny, so you are just ...
Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose by Tony Hsieh Business Plus, 2010 The online retailer Zappos is arguably the premiere poster-child for company culture in today's business world. Zap ...
We all want cohesive teams, and to get them, I hear a lot about shared vision. The leader is responsible for providing a clear vision for the team, and once everyone is on board with this singular vision, the team perfor ...
Chapter 9 in Humanize is about organizations being courageous. At the beginning of the chapter, we talk about the idea of courage, and how it is over-romanticized in our culture. Courage is what we see from heroes in the ...
Peter Kim wrote a great post titled, “Can Brands Be Human?” It was a refreshing perspective (amidst the 1,001 posts out there with x number of tips for humanizing your brand), pointing out that sometimes when brands act ...
Humanize is now available as an audio book on audible.com, and we've got five copies to give away! But instead of just giving 5 copies to the first five commenters, I thought I'd make it a bit more interesting. I want to ...
For this edition of the Friday quote, I'm pointing you to an excellent blog post by Danny Brown, in which he suggests that we think a bit more about the new term, "social business." He argues that the popular definitions ...
