May 23rd, 2011
So much for the whole anonymous thing… I am amazed by the success of Alcoholics Anonymous. Lots of people (myself included) love to talk about the cool stuff happening inside organizations like Zappos, and Southwest Airlines, and IDEO, and for good reason. Those companies are doing very cool things and reaping the rewards. But for [Read More…]
May 19th, 2011
Call it a knowledge economy. Call it an information economy. Call it an innovation economy. Call it an idea economy a technology economy or a fruit salad with a kick stand. Call it what you will, social process is the engine that drives it. Sharing and interpreting information, good decision making, problem solving, ideation and [Read More…]
May 17th, 2011
People are strange. For real. I love them and I hate them and they are just out of their mind as a general rule and truly bizarre creatures. One unique aspect of my job in that people are generally not happy to see me. A lot of what I do consists of designing and delivering [Read More…]
May 16th, 2011
Organizational and community inclusion is not simply about what you do not do, though that is often what I hear about. When talking about issues related to diversity and inclusion, people regularly tell me about how they do not discriminate, do not judge, do not exclude, etc. Admirable aspirations certainly, and I hope that we [Read More…]
May 4th, 2011
Inclusion is not about being politically correct…I would say that political correctness actually gets in the way of inclusion. Inclusion is not about giving everyone a trophy or about a place where everybody is best friends with everybody else. I think that these are dismissive and lazy ideas regarding inclusion. Inclusion is also not about [Read More…]
May 3rd, 2011
This is a slightly modified version of a post I wrote for my old blog in early 2010. A lot of my work happens with and around HR folks…and that means that a lot of it happens with and around SHRM. I have attended and presented for a number of SHRM events, local, state and [Read More…]
May 2nd, 2011
Bombs and friends do not mix…unless they are F bombs. It has been a great Spring conference season for me. A bit hectic at times, but good. Good events, good people, good conversations…and my conference travel is now winding down for a while. While I have been working to get in front of more non-Human [Read More…]
April 28th, 2011
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…]
April 25th, 2011
“Those that say it can’t be done should get out of the way of those doing it” -Chinese Proverb This is my second post related to HRevolution…probably going to write one or two more. I think it is only appropriate that each of my personalities has a chance to go on record about this event. My [Read More…]
April 25th, 2011
In my initial conversations with a potential client organization, which are generally with senior leaders and/or HR folks, I am consistently told by them how inclusive they are. They rarely can define inclusion in a way that makes sense, but that is for another post. For a lot of folks, inclusion brings to mind ideas [Read More…]