November 17th, 2010
The funny thing about human resources, management, organizational and leadership development is that this is all work largely about human beings, yet these disciplines cling to a flawed and antiquated model of human behavior. There remains this default belief that human beings are rational and logical, that we see the world as it is, consider [Read More…]
November 12th, 2010
A bunch of stuff seems to be touching on a common theme for me right now. I have had several conversations in the past few weeks with friends of mine who have discovered they are not employed in the right place by the right people. I have also had a number of conversations with speaking [Read More…]
November 10th, 2010
Everyone on the planet is talking about social media…except for diversity and inclusion practitioners. Okay, a bit of an exaggeration, but not that big. Of all the conferences that I have participated in this fall, D&I conferences are the only ones where social media has been absent from the agenda. I have even felt some [Read More…]
November 8th, 2010
Open Community and diversity and inclusion I’m taking part in the virtual book tour Maddie Grant and Lindy Dreyer are doing to explore concepts from Open Community: a little book of big ideas for associations navigating the social web. In this post, Maddie and Lindy introduce the book and discuss a few of the ideas [Read More…]
November 5th, 2010
What is diversity and inclusion work and who does it? This is maybe a good question to begin this series with and here is my vague and rambling answer. There are a lot of things involved in diversity and inclusion work and there are a lot of different people contributing to it in one way [Read More…]
November 3rd, 2010
I am anxious about the future. I have very real concerns about whether D&I work is evolving in the ways that it needs to and at the rate that we need it to. I think that diversity and inclusion continue to be the most misunderstood issues in the world of business, organizational, community and individual [Read More…]
November 2nd, 2010
This is revised version of a post originally written almost a year ago exactly. I happen to have some friends stuck in dysfunctional work situations right now and conversations that I have had with them over the past week or two brought this post to mind. Enjoy. I see whole people. I like art. In [Read More…]
October 29th, 2010
This one stings a little… I live in Omaha. Omaha is my home. I am not a native, but I have been here for over a decade now and it is my home. I found my soul-mate here, I started a family here and I have started a business here. I am not going to [Read More…]
October 26th, 2010
Jason Lauritsen is my very best friend. He is also a smart cookie. We also do a bit of work together spreading anarchy. In addition to all of that stuff, Jason still finds time to make other groovy stuff happen as well. His latest creative project is The HR Reinvention Project and it is going [Read More…]
October 20th, 2010
I am committed to helping this body of work continue to evolve and expand. I am committed to making sure that this work is an integral part of what we do to architect the future. In my last post, I mentioned some of what I see to be key trends regarding the future of diversity [Read More…]