Maddie and I are offering our first extensive training program for organizations on how to implement the ideas in Humanize, starting this January. We're teaming up with NTEN (Nonprofit Technology Network), which happens ...
Nearly two years ago, my friend Jeff De Cagna wrote a series of posts for ASAE's blog (remember Acronym!?) about Umair Haque's book, The New Capitalist Manifesto. Jeff started the series with a point about disruption. Ap ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Organizations cling to strategic planning (despite strong evidence of its ineffectiveness), partially because many have experienced the downside of randomness. New boss, new direction. New Board Chair, new direction. One ...
