How Google Works
Google is one of those companies that everyone admires but secretly feels that such a structure/approach/strategy/corporate culture (take your pick) would never work in your field. The book “How...
View ArticleIntellectual Shamans
Recently, I attended the Spirituality and Creativity World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. I was presenting a couple of papers but focussed on the other presentations offered rather than my own. I was...
View ArticleCreative Schools: The Grassroots Revolution that’s Transforming Education
Some books you just inhale, and this is one of them. I have loved Ken Robinson since his first ted.talk where he speaks to how schools kill creativity. Viewed over 33 million times, you might say it...
View ArticleEdgewalkers
People are going back and forth across the doorsill where the two worlds touch The door is round and open, don’t go back to sleep. – Rumi Another exceptional find for you from the Spirituality and...
View ArticleEthnography for Marketers
If you are serious about understanding your customers, you need to hone your ethnographic skills. In plain english, how you watch and listen to people in order to obtain actionable insights. My...
View ArticleLeaders Eat Last
Fall is always an exciting time for me. Maybe because it is the start of a new school year – so therefore full of possibilities and potential. Maybe because Fall is my favourite season –...
View ArticleLeadership BS
Have you ever wondered why organizations keep spending thousands of dollars on leadership programs and the evidence actually indicates that our workplaces are filled with distrustful, disengaged and...
View ArticleThe Orange Line
I love doing keynotes! It gives me a chance to not only share my story but also to hear the story of others – where they are and where they may yet go. Recently I keynoted a conference of Women...
View ArticlePractical Ethnography
Once again I’m packing for my return to the Copenhagen Business Summer School (ISUP). I am so looking forward to teaching Business Anthropology and Organizational Ethnography – big mouthful but...
View ArticleThe Stupidity Paradox
I was able to do a lot of reading during the past year – now with two brand new titanium hip joints, I’m back in the fray back with tons of energy and a few book reviews! Mats Alvesson is a favourite...
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