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

I love books, and I have for as long as I can remember. I remember at a very young age being kind of infatuated with dinosaurs, and some of my most precious possessions at that time were a handful of books about dinosaurs. I kept them in a safe place, studied them and memorized information   [Read More…]

The last six weeks have been a train wreck for me. That is maybe a little dramatic. Nothing bad has happened during this time, actually some pretty good things have happened. But it has been an absolute black hole productivity wise. I first got sick with some nasty sinus business, and while it only really   [Read More…]

Hola! Finally getting back on the job after the holidays, some actual vacation time, and my annual social media break. Good to be back. While I was away… I celebrated Christmas and New Year with family. I am blessed. Our family welcomed two African toads into our home…our middle child has named them “justin bieber”   [Read More…]

Inclusion is the act of seeking out and including additional difference, and a lot of this work is focused on people. It is also important to make sure that we give some attention to diversity of practices and diversity of experiences. This is an additional layer of this work, but it also comes with some   [Read More…]

Last year I took a 30 day “social media holiday” over the holidays. It was pretty awesome, and I am going to do the same this year. I am going off-line from Friday December 16th until Monday, January 16th.  This is kind of a quiet time of year for me and rather than investing the   [Read More…]

A story… One evening, a lady walking her dog comes upon a man searching the ground under a street light. The passerby asks the man what he is doing. “I’m looking for my lost keys,” says the man searching the ground. “I dropped them on my way home.” The passerby offers to help search for   [Read More…]

I don’t think that I probably meet the requirements to be considered an H.R. Practitioner, but a lot of my work happens with and around H. R. 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 national;   [Read More…]

Malcolm X is the largest historical figure to be born in the state of Nebraska. Malcolm X was born in Omaha in 1925. He was driven from Nebraska as a small child after racist violence against his family. But nothing can change the fact that he was born in Nebraska. This seems to give Nebraska   [Read More…]

Cool post from Jamie Notter who dug some of my thoughts on organizational culture and added some of his own.  I love his last line; “this is the courage we call leadership.” A bit of the Talent Anarchy message up at Cheezhead today, check it out and let us know what you think.