In Chapter 5 of Humanize, we actually go back a few centuries in our analysis, pointing out that the entire western world has been looking at the universe in a very mechanistic way since the 1600s, and we have Sir Isaac ...
Just a quick post to remind everyone of a universal lesson: the grass is always greener on the other side. This week I've made presentations to some very different audiences. One group was made up of managers at reall ...
I make this point all the time in my speaking and consulting, yet I don't think I have ever blogged about it directly. We all want trust. We want to be able to trust our colleagues in the workplace, and we certainly want ...
Four years ago, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings posted a slide deck about their culture. It was originally created as an internal document, but he shared it, and it's now been viewed several million times. The deck (and Netfil ...
In fact, they haven't in a long, long time. This may come as a shock to many, and some of you may forward me links to cool infographics or other blog posts that dispute my claim, so let me explain. I'm talking abou ...
Note: It's Christmas week, so I assume things are a going to be slow, so I thought I would throw in a relatively non-traditional post from me. I hope you enjoy it. Imagine you wanted to buy a new car shipping companies, ...
How often does a CEO write a public blog post admitting that he sucks? That's what Greg Hoy, CEO of Happy Cog, did over on Medium recently. More specifically, he admitted that he had been avoiding his own performance rev ...
Peter Kim wrote a great post titled, “Can Brands Be Human?” It was a refreshing perspective (amidst the 1,001 posts out there with x number of tips for humanizing your brand), pointing out that sometimes when brands act ...
I'm starting a new feature of the blog: the Friday Quote. I'm going to pick a short quote from Humanize or a book that I am reading that connects to what I have been working on that week, and share it with the hopes of s ...
The past two days I've been immersed in graduations. My oldest daughter graduated high school, and my youngest daughter graduated middle school. For each of them, they've been at their particular schools for quite a few ...
