Joe Gerstandt | keynote speaker, freedom fighter, freak-flag flier

The human body is composed of a variety of systems.  Each of them has a unique role and they all depend on each other.  Bones, muscles…digestive, cardiovascular, nervous systems, etc.  Similarly, an organization is an integration of intermingling and overlapping systems.  Organizations generally have some physical infrastructure.  There is also the workforce, the organizational chart,   [Read More...]

I like to talk about the importance of flying your freak flag.  It is a message which seems to resonate and it is largely about authenticity…being who you truly are…making your unique contribution.  One of the questions that I always ask people to reflect on is “do you know what you are here for?”  I   [Read More...]

Sorry, I just couldn’t think of a title for this post. This is actually my final post about HRevolution. Just about done for the week and looking forward to leaving tomorrow morning for Atlanta and HRevolution 2011.  I have already written the smart-ass post and the kiss-ass post, so this one was going to be   [Read More...]

Thanks to Jason Lauritsen and Values.com for bringing it to my inbox. “To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, day and night, to make you everybody but yourself—means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight—and never stop fighting.” e. e. cummings (1894-1962); poet, playwright, painter,   [Read More...]