Yesterday during the #hackaction Twitter stream, a few of us geeked out and admitted how much we like the writing of Umair Haque. He blogs on the Harvard Business Review site and writes about very interesting things ...
The title of this post, of course, is the reverse of the popular phrase, "I'll believe it when I see it." In other words, until you show me proof, I'm not sure I'm going to believe you. Tha ...
The title of this post, of course, is the reverse of the popular phrase, "I'll believe it when I see it." In other words, until you show me proof, I'm not sure I'm going to believe you. Tha ...
So I figure it's 2010, and I really ought to give this whole email marketing thing a try. How's that for cutting edge? Seriously, starting in July I'll be putting out a monthly e-newsletter that I am calling ...
Associations have a soft spot for wanting to make people happy. One of the mistakes we frequently make, since we all have diverse membership bases, is trying to please everyone. Trying to be everything to everyone. This ...
I've written a lot about truth lately--maybe I should also write about "patience," because patience, like truth, it is one of those words that tends to have fairly complex meaning to people--yet everyone de ...
One of my favorite business books of the past few years is Blue Ocean Strategy, by Kim and Mauborgne. The book documents businesses who went in bold new strategic directions in order to create "blue ocean" spaces (as i ...
Two of my very favorite people and thinkers about things organizational are Joe Gerstandt and Jason Lauritsen. Together they to the "talent anarchy" blog, and their most recent conversation has been about conflict. Jason ...
I was delivering a conflict resolution training program the other day, and one of the participants told me that she absolutely hated conflict. There are lots of people in this boat, of course, but I asked her more about ...
I am excited to announce that the article I wrote for Associations Now about Truth is now available online. I was floored when I saw that it was going to be the cover story for June! I don't know when the print issue ...
