Wasn’t it amazing that Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” was able to put a feminist spin on aggressive pink? Well here we are in the summer of 2024 and slime green has taken its place. Brat summer… Read more »
Archives for July 2024
More than money – how do you design incentive systems that drive behavior?
When people in organizations talk about their incentive systems, inevitably the conversation involves compensation. Often, it stops there. But the wonderful work of Steve Kerr and others demonstrates that many things in your incentive system… Read more »
Why even great predictions don’t create great solutions
Research on how well people can predict the future comes to a resounding conclusion: not well. Asking “What will happen to me?” in a future situation misses the point. Instead, it’s much more fruitful to… Read more »
The seesaw of corporate succession – a “time zero” event
When the top leadership of an organization changes, boards often make decisions that seem sensible, but which may not reflect the pattern that made a company successful to begin with. A major reason is that… Read more »
June sure was busting out all over!
If the above reference sounds obscure, it’s from an old Rogers & Hammerstein musical that I was taken to as a child and every June, I simply cannot get it out of my head. It’s… Read more »
Discovering the Human Future of Work – Virtual Event Notes & an invitation to join in the fun
Speculating about what’s next for the workplace has become quite the hobby. Will it be place-bound or not? Will AI take jobs or create new ones? How can we scale systems but retain our humanity? … Read more »