Fifty years ago this month, President John F. Kennedy gave a name to his idea to send Americans abroad "to encourage mutual understanding between Americans and other cultures of the world." A look at the numbers behind the venerable Peace Corps.READ»
When I first started helping organizations with change, leaders were coming to me saying, "We have new and better ways of doing business. Can you help us get people's attention, then create the appetite and uptake so we can realize a ...READ»
Everyone knows newspapers, magazines, and books are going through a game change. Digitization is making it possible for them to be delivered in new ways (phones, eReaders, social media, etc). New business models are coming and going ...READ»
Once women rule the "C-suite," corporate social responsibility (CSR) will become the norm for U.S. business. Why? Call me sexist, but I think that helping others is a function of nurturing and comes more naturally to women than it does to men.READ»
After he graduated, development major Mark Rembert applied
for the Peace Corps, thinking he could help developing countries
strengthen their communities. But when his hometown's largest
employer shut its doors, Rembert found that rural Ohio needed him
most.READ»
There are many ways to get people involved in your effort. The best is to start by inviting them into a conversation. When people are participating in a shared conversation, the topic becomes jointly owned. There is no better ...READ»
Just twenty years ago, in the early 90s, CIO was considered a third-tier title at best. Most CIOs were mired in arcane technology with a simple mandate: just keep things running and don’t screw up finance - IT was considered by most ...READ»
When is project planning a hindrance to a business? When it comes at the expense of real engagement. Seth Kahan explains, in this excerpt from his book, "Getting Change Right."READ»
Most Innovative Companies
I enjoyed the issue devoted to the World's Most Innovative Companies. I get that Fast Company is focused on business, design, the for-profit world, but then you had PatientsLikeMe as No. 23 on the list. ...READ»
In early January I was asked to join the Advisory Board for the Columbia Lighthouse for the Blind in Washington, DC. The Lighthouse provides services to the blind and visually impaired, as well as their families and friends. ...READ»
I have had the good fortune to work with several organizations that are scaling up, growing their capacity to meet higher demands. I call this intentional evolution. My engagements have centered on helping these groups customize their ...READ»
Traditional business cards and CDs-as-business-cards are dangerous because:1. They assume old-style communication: I have a message for you.This is a transactional view of communication. If you simply put your card in someone's hand ...READ»
Social Change 2.0: A Blueprint for Reinventing Our World
is a handbook every visionary must read. Jam-packed with effective
reality-tested tools and true-life stories, this new tome by David Gershon
provides insights from the front ...READ»
This secret is well known in the entertainment industry. Imagine you are an agent, and one of your stars earns $3 million per night and you want to bump her up to $4 million a night. How do you do it? There really is no logical reason ...READ»
People at the top have great ideas all the time. They excel at pouring over the data and finding better ways. People on the ground are in touch with the reality of day-to-day operations. They know the challenges and opportunities ...READ»
This column is about leading change and that's what I elected Barack Obama to do. I am one of the milions of independent voters who embraced Obama in 2008 and still have high hopes for him. Scott Brown is our next message to ...READ»
The short review: buy this book now, read it, talk about it with others, and pass it on. Get it here, Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us.The
longer version: I have known Dan Pink just over seven years. In 2002 ...READ»
It’s the last day of the year… the decade. It’s time to do something that can only be done once in a lifetime: stand on the shoulders of the last 365 days, or the last 3,650 days, and peer into the future. Where was your ...READ»
Michael Margolis is a story/brand/marketing expert with the emphasis on story. He once brought me in to an engagement he had with an international hotel, helping revitalize the brand of one of their chains by doing a customized story ...READ»
You must engage in periodic strategic reflection. It is the only way to consistently increase your effectiveness. After all, you are the only one who lives your life, knows your experience, and is capable of truly changing yourself ...READ»
According to then World Bank president Jim Wolfensohn, communities were “the heart and soul” of the bank’s Knowledge Management (KM) initiative in the mid-1990s. Inside the bank, we called them Thematic Groups.I was on the ...READ»
Change is the law of life and those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future. – John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the USAIt’s easy to believe in the status quo. The existing state of affairs can seem so ...READ»
