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

A few excerpts from a keynote presentation delivered to the Human Resources Association of the Midlands on February 10th, on Generation X: Magic (or Mayhem?) in the Middle.

So, I am back on this issue of gender in the workplace…for a couple of reasons.  I have recently joined a program called Defining Leadership by Men, which is offered by a really amazing organization here in Omaha, the Institute for Career Advancement Needs(ICAN).  Part of the program has been learning about Emergenetics and analyzing   [Read More…]

Some websites I like: The Kitchen Table Blog I love, love, love this blog. It is a back and forth, on-going conversation between two women: Dr. Melissa Harris-Lacewell, Associate Professor of Politics and African American Studies at Princeton University Dr. Yolanda Pierce, Associate Professor of African American Religion and Literature at Princeton Theological Seminary. These   [Read More…]

The gender gap isn’t just an image problem: our research suggests that it can have real implications for company performance. Some companies have taken effective steps to achieve greater parity. -Georges Desvaux, Sandrine Devillard-Hoellinger, and Mary C. Meaney Nice report from McKinsey Quarterly that came out in late 2008 on women in the workforce. Take   [Read More…]

A bit about what I do… Because there are more and more visitors coming here on a regular basis and becuase I have gotten to know a lot of new folks in the past year (especially through Twitter), I thought it might be good to write a little bit about what I do.  I am   [Read More…]

If you need innovation (and I think you probably do), you need diversity. For more and more organizations in more and more industries, creativity and innovation are rapidly becoming the best new opportunity for establishing competitive advantage. This is no big secret as there is a great deal of writing, talking, buzz-wording, best-practicing and shouting   [Read More…]

Knock It Off I am a fan of Patti Digh (@pattidigh), we interact on Twitter and I also visit her blog on a regular basis.  She always has good things to say.  She is always authentic and has an important message…and this post is no exception.  Patti also wrote Life is a Verb and after   [Read More…]

One of the places that I spend some of my on-line time is Recruiting Blogs, an online community for recruiters (shocker!) and the people that love (and hate) them.  I belong to about a dozen similar communities and this one is by far the most active.  It has also become my favorite.  It is a   [Read More…]

I came across this wonderful video on the Open Thinking and Digitital Pedagogy site…it is worth a watch.  Nice message about difference, inclusion, socialization, etc.  Enjoy!