Inclusion is one of the 12 human principles that Maddie and I write about in Humanize (Chapter 8, starting on p. 190). We also talk about decentralization, and in this month's Harvard Business Review, Gail McGovern, the ...
We're heading into the end of the year, which is a good time to show some appreciation to staff for all their hard work. So instead of that annual chuck on the shoulder and Starbucks gift card, why not actually invest in ...
Everyone is part of a community that shares a certain worldview. They see things the same way. They "know" certain things are true. It's actually quite reassuring when you gather together and your own view of the world i ...
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 ...
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 ...
Please read this poem, and when you're done I have some questions for you. Choices As I grew up I started to learn When I was older I learned to imagine I imagined a hero But with it a demon The demon destroyed ...
There's another stellar article in the June HBR (posts here and here are about the other good one). This one is about the new employer-employee contract (check out this site). I hear a fair amount of complaints about ...
So I got more than a couple of tweets and emails from friends the other day who noticed a post on Seth Godin's blog, called "Humanize It." Their first suggestion, of course, was that we send him a book. (For the record, ...
This year I'm launching a new White Paper series that takes some of the key ideas in Humanize and gets practical and concrete with them. Today, I'm launching the first one: Making Performance Management Work. I'm call ...
