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

Innovation is one of those things.  One of those things that everyone is talking about.  Everyone is talking about it because it is cool and exciting, but truth be told it also represents tremendous opportunity for competitive advantage (for organizations, industries, communities and regions).  Just because everyone is talking about it does not mean everyone   [Read More…]

Do You Work With Humans? “This Rocks.” -workshop attendee March 2009 (Des Moines, IA) “Amazing stuff. Amazing research. This changes everything.” -workshop attendee March 2009 (Richmond, VA)   Working with Humans has been, over the past three years, my most popular workshop and I have now delivered some version of it in about 25 different   [Read More…]

Still reflecting on the topic of organizational culture, and its importance, and it is probably worth taking a look at employee engagement.  If you have been paying any attention to anything in the world of human resources, talent management, organizational behavior and organizational development during the past decade, you know that engagement matters.  It matters   [Read More…]

We all know that an organization has a culture.  We know that it would feel differently to work at Google than it would to work at the Federal Reserve…even in the exact same type of job.  We all have some appreciation for this idea of culture and that it makes a difference…but how much of   [Read More…]

My first post on culture was focused on highlighting the importance of culture and making the case that when we want to accomplish something in an organization or a community, culture has to be part of the equation and has to be included in our considerations. Overlooking or ignoring culture is in my opinion a   [Read More…]

“This Rocks.” -workshop attendee March 2009 (Des Moines, IA) “Amazing stuff.  Amazing research.  This changes everything.” -workshop attendee March 2009 (Richmond, VA)   Working with Humans has been, over the past three years, my most popular workshop and I have now delivered some version of it in about 25 different cities. It has been a   [Read More…]

My speaking, facilitating and consulting are all connected to the issues of diversity, inclusion, authenticity, innovation and transformation. I see these issues as all being overlapping and inter-related. They also each have a leadership component and a cultural component in my opinion. I have spent a lot of time recently thinking about leadership and a   [Read More…]

I have been a bad blogger this week. But it has been good things and good work that have had me otherwise occupied. As I work on catching up with the world on this Friday, April the 3rd  there are a few thoughts and themes that are bouncing around in my head: 1-Iowa…You Make Me   [Read More…]

Next stop, Des Moines! Working with Humans: Diversity, Inclusion and Collaboration is coming back to Des Moines, this Tuesday! Tuesday, March 31st 1:00 – 4:00pm REGISTER HERE     If you are interested in being a more effective communicator, a more effective collaborator or a more effective leader…this workshop is for you. If you are   [Read More…]

I recently came across the graph on the IQL Consulting blog, and I love it: How do decisions get made in your office, on your team?  In my experience, it seems that decisions tend to get made closer to the Magic 8-ball end of the spectrum than the well-designed experiment end of things.  I think   [Read More…]