Why is it so complicated for people to understand Google’s people success?
Stop treating people like farm animals and you’ll do alright for yourself. Continue Reading
Management
Work isn’t set up to create innovation, no
You’d probably assume that innovation, as a concept, needs a few steps before it actually happens — and one of those steps is probably “creative thinking.” (Or, at the very least, some kind of thinking.) How do you achieve the idea of “creative thinking” that… Continue Reading
You can’t build employee engagement with software
I’m of two minds on this, I guess, because I have seen software/interface programs designed at upping the ante on feedback and engagement. Many of them are sleek and well-designed, and I think there might be decent adoption rates and… Continue Reading
Stop confusing “formal power” with “knowing what’s best.”
Here’s a personal story to open. I worked for ESPN, ESPN.com, and ESPN The Magazine from 2005 to 2011 (bit more on that here). I was ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine from 2007 to 2011. Most of that time, my boss was this woman.… Continue Reading
Please stop talking about how you “own a process” at work
If you like this post or vaguely agree (or horribly disagree) with its ideas, feel free to share it. Share buttons are down at the bottom. There are admittedly a couple of different things about the working world that sometimes… Continue Reading
Daily deliverables murdered strategy
Hard to think long-term when you’re always worshipping at the temple of busy, baby. Continue Reading
The (not so) hidden cost of having a bad manager
Had a ton of bad managers in my life. Maybe a metric ton. I probably wouldn’t write this blog if I hadn’t, or have gone to graduate school to study “organizational development” (and now work in marketing), or most of… Continue Reading
Maybe dehumanization of leadership is a real thing, eh?
Was reading this article just now, which then directed me to this paper on “the dehumanization of leadership.” The paper speaks to a “disconnect between leaders, people supposed to follow them, and the institutions they’re meant to serve.” (I’ve written… Continue Reading