Lightening the Load: Lessons on the Road to Unencumbered
The first leg of our adventure of leaving our home in Brooklyn in search of a new and more fulfilling life is coming to an end; it’s time for the […]
The Tipping Point: Why Today’s Workplace Can’t Afford to Ignore Purpose
In 2011, I thought the world was about to change dramatically. I was wrong. For the previous three years, I had the fortunate opportunity to interact with brilliant minds like […]
From Silos to Shared Purpose: How Organizational Storytelling Catalyzes Change
Storytelling is perhaps the original art form that humanity shared. It remains to be the most elemental pathway to human connection and is the tool that we humans have used […]
Unleashing Innovation: What a Fictional 1980s Horror Movie Reveals About Collaboration
Zepotha, the 1980s cult classic horror movie has made a huge resurgence on the Internet as of late. Fans are going absolutely crazy doing things like writing fan fiction, creating […]
Setting HR Up for Failure: Why Recruiting Needs a Revolution
“But he doesn’t have any of the requirements!” These were the words spoken to my friend, a director in the quantitative analysis group at a major investment management firm, by […]
A New Declaration of Independence: Unshackling Ourselves for a Brighter Tomorrow
Michael Franti was out in the audience, again. This time he was standing on a small platform at the back of Central Park summer stage that was between me and […]
Purpose Over Mission: Knowing “Why” is more important than “Where & How”
It was a cool fall day in 1998. I was walking with a friend in the East Village of New York City. She was telling me how she had just […]
Why Am I Busting My A** Here? The Critical Role of Purpose in Today’s High-Growth Companies
I’m a big movie buff. So is my family. We are always throwing quotes from movies back and forth at each other. Lately, one particular movie quote has been jumping […]
The Language of Culture: How Defining Purpose Transforms Organizations
After I gave a talk on the importance of recruiting and culture, a CEO approached me and was concerned that the culture of his company was “not that good.” He […]
Terrible Guardians of Culture: Why CEOs Need to Rethink Their Role and Embrace Change
OK, so this is going to be a controversial statement, so sit back, gird your loins, and get ready because here it comes… CEOs should not be the guardians of […]
The Opportunity in the Avalanche: ChatGPT and the age of Vulnerability –
With the emergence of ultra-realistic conversational AI like ChatGPT, the world seems to be losing its mind. People are asking it to write songs and poetry, school districts and universities […]
Ted Lasso – the Anti-Racist/Anti-Sexist Role Model We (White Men) Need Now
There are certain things that we can’t value until we have experienced them. The pandemic has exposed us to a lot of these experiences; fathers have experienced the joy of […]
Ted Lasso – The Leader We All Need Right Now
Let’s face it – the world is a messy place right now. The destruction levied by the effects of climate change, democracy is faltering all over the world, and the […]
Command and Control? Chaos with Lipstick
By Peter Laughter and Chris Paliani “Hmm… that sounds like chaos.” This is one of the most common responses we’ve gotten in our articles on distributed leadership. To which we […]
Men and #MeToo – It is our responsibility now (and it always has been)
It had been a long day at work and I was taking a moment to listen to the news on the radio while I contemplated untying my shoes. I heard […]
The Opposite of Conflict Averse? How our vocabulary makes us bad at conflict
So my wife, daughter and I just finished watching the Netflix Family Drama “Atypical” and it was awesome. It is about a family of 4 where the oldest child, Sam, […]
Vulnerability, Trust and Penguins
If you have ever seen a waddle of penguins (and yes, that is the technical term for a group of penguins on land) on an ice flow, right before they […]
