Duncan Watts has a great blog post on HBR that talks about the Occupy Wall Street movement. Specifically, he has noticed how perplexed many of us are by the fact that the movement itself has no single, identifiable leade ...
I suppose that sounds obvious, but when I talk to people about changing the way they lead and manage organizations, I'm not so sure it's that obvious. Instead, there seems to be a default assumption that in the future, m ...
I've been pleased with the reviews that have been coming in on Humanize so far. We've got 11 on Amazon to date (but feel free to add one!), and a host of blog reviews as well. Most of them are from folks who know Maddie ...
A few weeks ago, Maddie and I were interviewed about Humanize by Les McKeown. Les is a best-selling author of a book titled Predictable Success, and we were interviewed for his blog. I was really impressed with him durin ...
That is the topic of a session I will be delivering at ASAE's Technology Conference next week. As you may have guessed, I will be drawing heavily on the Humanize book for this one. In fact, this will be the first in-pers ...
Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In by Roger Fisher and William Ury Penguin, 1981 This might be the oldest book that I've reviewed here on the blog--the original edition published in 1981. Yes. Thirt ...
Check out this awesome presentation about integrating learning and work. This is precisely along the same lines as what Maddie and I talk about in Humanize. The fourth human element we talk about is Courageous. In creati ...
Here's the problem with committees: They exist. I'm only partially joking here. This comes from a comment I left on a post on Eric Lanke's blog (which, by the way, has shifted from the Hourglass blog to simply "Eric La ...
Whenever I get some time to think deeply about things related to the workplace, like how do we make work better, or what is leadership, or what is management, then I end up inescapably coming to the conclusion that is th ...
Here's a simple but important conflict resolution tip: when you're having a conflict conversation, keep having it until it is finished. It sounds self-evident, but you'd be surprised how many people stop the conversatio ...
