Work Doesn’t Have to Suck

In our first two books, Maddie and I were fairly traditional on the dedication page—the first one went out to our respective parents, and the second one was dedicated to our respective kids. So when we put out The Non-Obvious Guide to Employee Engagement last year, we...

The Future is Flatter

I’m always happy to see research that supports what we wrote about in Humanize. The lastest comes from an article in MIT’s Sloan Management Review about success Nestle had with a social media campaign. Two researchers in the UK concluded that a big part of...

5. The Power of Truth

(Download a PDF of this program)Most organizations suffer because their people don’t tell the truth. This is not about individual integrity. It is about an organization’s internal capacity for allowing truth to be spoken at all levels, and it is important because the...

Relevance Is Not Enough

I’m thinking about submitting a proposal to speak at a conference with “Relevance is not enough” as the title. I’ve heard a lot of people in the last six months or so talk about how relevance is so crucial for associations. As usual, my friend...
Jamie Notter