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August 11, 2022

Half-Marathon Leadership Lessons: Perseverance & Push

A few years back I completed a half marathon and I was dragging myself across the race finish line. Technically, I was running. However, I believe most […]
August 4, 2022

What is Organizational Development?

When you find out that someone is a nurse or an accountant, you understand what they do for a living. However, when people discover I am […]
July 28, 2022

How Leaders, Followers & Power Work Together (or Not!)

This week’s guest post is from Dustin J. Knutson. He holds a Doctorate in Strategic Leadership from Regent University (VA) He lives in Colorado and works at Vation Ventures, […]
February 24, 2022

17 Global Population Trends You Probably Don’t Know

Population. When was the last time you thoughtfully considered the powerful force of something as simple as population? History is full of examples of how quickly a […]
February 17, 2022

What are the signs of a God complex?

An Exposé: Grading & the God-Complex As a part-time professor, I have the responsibility and privilege of grading dozens of student papers each year. My best estimate is […]
February 10, 2022

Assessing Organizational Opportunities: The Sigmoid Model

In the past month, a surprising amount of my consulting discussions have focused on something called the sigmoid curve. This is unusual because the sigmoid is actually a […]
February 3, 2022

Five Questions to Diagnose Organizational Needs

As a consultant, a lot of my time is spent diagnosing matters related to organizational success. Sometimes as I listen, I discover themes about challenges that need to […]
January 27, 2022

How can I be more courageous at work?

This week a client emailed me something that was refreshingly honest: I am having ‘one of those days’! Do you have any ‘this is why we put up […]
January 20, 2022

The Seven Stages of Innovation

In the past, I have spoken about the process of innovation (see Hot or Not and Hype Cycles). These posts utilized the Gartner model to show […]
January 13, 2022

Income Equality: 17 Things to Watch

A number of years ago I discovered a funny term called the GINI index. While it sounds rather technical, it is a fairly simple measurement which […]
January 6, 2022

Foresight: The Organizational Alternative to Fight or Flight

It has been said that those who fail to plan, plan to fail. While I believe this statement to be trite and overused, I am also […]
December 30, 2021

The Impact of Baby Boomers

The worldwide demographic is changing, and the world’s population is getting older. The longer life spans of this generation will allow people to travel and work […]