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The Fallacy of Quick Fix Leadership Training
Over the years, I’ve read a few articles by Jeffrey Pfeffer and his book, Leadership BS, focused on the failure of leadership. I was particularly fascinated by the book and the notion that while we spend millions per year on leadership training, yet leaders are no...
What We Really Need is Employee Disengagement
Y’all, we’ve been talking about employee engagement — and the newfound, whatever-the-hell-difference-this-implies “employee experience” — for about 10 years now. Broadly nothing has really happened. Engagement scores on major surveys haven’t really budged; sometimes...
Can Your Company’s Vision Fit in Your Pocket? Here’s Why It Should
Does your company’s vision feel outdated, dull or out-of-touch from where your company is at now—or where you’d like to see it go in the future? Then it might be time for a strategic refresh.But even if you know an update is far past due, where do you even begin? Look...
People Aren’t One Dimensional
Human beings are messy and amazing. We are multi-faceted, complex, ever-changing, and wear many hats in our lives.For years, people have created models and formulas to simplify and categorize people. And for all the value those efforts and models can yield, they fall...
How Charismatic Leaders Teach by Example
There has been a lot written about leadership charisma, especially the pros and pitfalls of its effects on an organization.Most research focuses on four traits that charismatic leaders tend to demonstrate: The ability to set a vision and develop creative approaches to...
How to Implement Data-Driven Recruiting in Your Talent Acquisition Team
In this how-to article, we’d like to transform the way you think about how to implement data-driven recruiting in your talent acquisition team. With data-driven recruiting you can hire the best people to fill the real skill gaps at your organization, writes Tigran...
Strategies for Challenging the Status Quo in Design-Driven Engineering
Ultracreative architects make structures that appear to defy gravity. But how? The answer, in part, is designing underlying support systems that buck the norm. It takes a unique structural engineer to deliver ingenious solutions for outrageous design propositions....
We’re All in This Safety Thing Together
I was running a bit behind as I hiked through the sprawling halls of the San Diego Convention Center to get to a session at last month’s National Safety Congress. By the time I got to the room, even though I was about 10 minutes early, the place was packed,...
As the Climate Changes, Architects and Engineers Need to Design Buildings Diffearently
In the past seven years, four major disasters have caused serious disruptions in the Northeast and Midwest United States. Hurricane Sandy slammed into New York City in 2012, inflicting nearly US$11 billion in damage to buildings. In 2014, a storm dubbed “Snowvember”...