At one level, getting a book published is a fairly scripted process. You write it, you publicize the heck out of it, you speak on it, and, if all goes well, a bunch of people buy it. Thousands of authors/publishers do th ...
This weekend I taught a three-hour session on Systems to students in Georgetown's Organization Development and Change Leadership Certificate program. I went through this program 11 years ago myself (though it didn't have ...
Two weeks ago I wrote a post about an inherent paradox in the conversation about generational differences. The differences we see among generations are both true at the big picture level AND irrelevant at the individual ...
There is an article in the Volunteer Leadership issue of Associations Now titled, "Balanced Conflict, Better Decisions." The conclusions in the article concern me. I'm paraphrasing here, but the article says: "Cog ...
During a Twitter chat last week, I had some back and forth with a couple of people on the topic of generational differences. The conversation was focused on the Humanize book, and the initial question was whether the Mi ...
As authors Pfeffer and Sutton point out, there are nearly 2,000 books published each year, just in the “Business” category. There is no shortage of knowledge out there at our fingertips: knowledge about the best manageme ...
Maddie tagged me in a "how are you going to change the world in 2012" meme in a blog post last week. She was inspired by this post by Craig Newmark, and now she's asked a whole host of us to talk about what we're going t ...
2011 was a crazy year. Maddie and I wrote a book, which certainly ranks as my top accomplishment for the year. And we did it while holding down full time jobs! I am thrilled with the feedback we've been getting (we're up ...
Yesterday I was interviewed by Michele Price on her Breakthrough Business Strategy internet radio show about our book, Humanize. In the conversation Michele asked about my background in conflict resolution and we talked ...
Monday, December 19, Maddie and I will be interviewed by Michelle Price on her "Breakthrough Business Strategies" radio program, talking about our Humanize book. You'll be able to listen either online or on the phone, an ...
