The year of “tell a lie” (the year of lying dangerously)
Trump’s America, and/or middle managers promising the moon and handing you cigarette ash and dirt. Continue Reading
Business
What leadership activities should people be doing?
Low-context slop fests of emails and meetings does not a leader make. Continue Reading
Organizational change theory: Do not linger
As market conditions shift, job roles change, and other things happen in the course of employment, people get scared, nervous, etc. And what do we do? Drown the approach to working with them in HR paperwork. Less than stellar. Let’s fix this. Continue Reading
Friday afternoon at work: Use it better
Friday afternoons at work are a wasteland, right? Cue Trump: “Wrong!” It’s all about using them properly. Continue Reading
Goal setting activities: Your 2017 guide (you’s welcome)
Process is important when setting goals and strategy, but it can’t be allowed to overwhelm actual productive results. Continue Reading
Future employment: Data translators
Following the bouncing ball (or the data-brick road). Continue Reading
We think about business competition all wrong
Stop thinking your rivals’ market share is some flag you need to capture, and then maybe we can fix a few societal ills as well. Continue Reading
Welcome to the platform thinking era
How the psychology of change, coupled with fear, cripples a lot of executive decision-making. Continue Reading