Drive Results – With or Without Committees
Drive Results - With or Without Committees My newsletter on culture committees stirred up more reaction than anything I have written in months. Not because people agree on the answer, but because they are wrestling with the same tension. Committees can be powerful, and they can also stall real progress when they are asked to carry responsibility without authority or to communicate values that are not reinforced by systems. This week’s edition of This Week in Culture is about what comes next. Research from Harvard Business Review, Gallup, and MIT Sloan keeps pointing to the same conclusion. Culture does not move because people meet more often. It moves when decision rights, metrics,...
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My New Year’s resolution is to raise the stakes
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The “Outsider” Strategy: Amazon’s Delivery Dilemma and the Shifting Tides of Public Perception
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Et tu, Patagonia?
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My Predictions for the 2025 Workplace Trends
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AI-Powered Empathy: It’s like Auto-Tune for Management
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An Accountability Mindset: The Competitive Edge That Sets You Apart
Guess what—skills and knowledge aren’t enough anymore. In a world where everyone has access to the same information and where technical expertise is...
The General Strike Call for 2028: A New Era for Labor in the U.S.?
Imagine this: It’s May 1, 2028, and across the country, industries grind to a halt. Not just one union, not just one company, but hundreds of...
I Told NBC: Forcing Your Team Back to the Office Won’t Fix Your Culture
As Amazon and Starbucks begin enforcing return-to-office policies, CEOs everywhere are asking if bringing employees back will save their company...
Started At The Bottom Now We’re Here
I’m working on a report that should be released by the end of the year on “CEO Chatter” (working title – if you have a better suggestion, send it to...
A Culture for All Generations
Disrupting the way we think about generations to attract, engage, and retain all employees
There’s a real benefit in dismantling the perceptions behind Gen Z or X, or whatever the next trendy label is! Citing extensive academic research from her book, Unfairly Labeled, Jessica provides a refreshingly enlightening and data-driven perspective on how multi-generational organizations can strip away stereotypes and and biases that hinder performance and prevent progress toward a common purpose.
