Forget Maslow. Focus on autonomy, relatedness and competence.
Hierarchy of needs is the most powerful motivational theory ever. But, it’s probably wrong. Continue Reading
Management
A walk is so simple, yet so powerful for productivity
I was at my in-laws for Thanksgiving for about five and a half days. I know the term “in-laws” has certain types of mostly-negative connotations, but I do enjoy/love my in-laws as people, both individually and in a group. That… Continue Reading
Stop using Facebook as a marketing strategy
You may have seen some of these new data sets about Facebook and usage. Basically, Forrester went out and told people that it was a bad marketing strategy. (Concur.) Organic reach has been dying forever, and large-brand Facebook posts are only… Continue Reading
Being happy: shift away from money, towards time
Research on happiness is always somewhat interesting to me. After all, that’s pretty much the basic human emotion we’re all seeking, right? People are always trying to be happy. There are entire industries that spring up around trying to make people happy.… Continue Reading
Respect your employees. It seems like a soft skill, but it matters.
Before we get started here, let’s be upfront about something right at the jump-off. Respect, as a concept, doesn’t have a universal definition. It means different things to different people, and it can be shown different ways, and it can vary… Continue Reading
How to prevent your work team from totally falling apart
Recently started coming across the work of Lindred Greer, who is a professor of organizational behavior at Stanford University. Around late 2011, I really wanted to be a professor of organizational behavior, and so I went to grad school towards such an… Continue Reading
The 2008 recession was great for the status quo
I was talking to a guy from Waggl yesterday, because I may do some additional writing for them. We had an interesting conversation that touched on a few different bases, and one of the things we talked about was this notion… Continue Reading
Half your marketing team should be top-of-the-funnel
Mike Volpe is the CMO of Hubspot, which is a fairly successful marketing (inbound marketing) organization. He gave a talk at INBOUND, their annual conference — Malcolm Gladwell was there this year, guys! — and one of his slides apparently… Continue Reading