Taking the Aspen Seminar Home – Using the Aspen Seminar Method in your Daily Life
Recently, a bright, young organization I work with was stuck. Employees had lodged a variety of complaints on an anonymous survey and after the initial
A real friend with benefits
Recently, Brandon Levey and the amazingly talented team at Stitch Labs compiled a list of expectations they have for managers in their company. Their definition included: someone
5 Reasons to Become a Better Leader (that have nothing to do with success)
I spend a lot of my time helping leaders become better. But to be honest, research consistently shows that we overestimate the impact leaders have
Read on Medium: Open Letter to Uber’s New CEO on Uber’s Culture
Interested in company culture? Read my “Open Letter to Uber’s New CEO on Uber’s Culture” written with Amanda McPherson on Medium.
Musings on Work on Labor Day 2015
It seems right to take a moment to reflect on the nature of work today and remind ourselves of the ways we can build meaningful
The Innovator’s Personality
Harold Evans’ They Made America is filled with vivid stories and photos of American invention over the last century. It is an account of audacity, the bold
PsyCap and Gamification
A new concept is gaining momentum in the world of work psychology: positive psychological capital or PsyCap for short. It describes a constellation of other,
Playing In Traffic
The story of the Denver Barnes Dance caught my attention this week. In the 1960’s, a young traffic engineer named Henry Barnes tried to make
The Berserk Warrior
Inspiration is for amateurs. The rest of us just show up and get to work. Chuck Close talking about the creative process to Charlie Rose,