clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right…
Yep, being a middle manager can a tragicomic experience. Lisa Haneberg at Management Craft comments on a recent article from the HBS Working Knowledge e-newsletter by Harold J. Leavitt on The Plight of Middle Managers. I think Leavitt gets some things right, but unfortunately seems to [...]

In the December issue of Fast Company, there’s a thought-provoking article on Teresa Amabile who has researched and compiled six myths about creativity in the modern organization. From experience, she’s dead on with most of these myths.
Her third myth, "Time Pressure Fuels Creativity", points to what I think is a more systemic problem plaguing not [...]

Curt Rosengren’s latest post is a brilliant reminder that we don’t have to take the journey toward more purposeful and soulful work alone. It’s sometimes easy to forget, though, particularly when we blaze a path where few have gone before.

Consciously creating your Sangha, both by identifying the people currently in your life that will support [...]

Odd how themes emerge when you’re conscious of them. I came across this old article in Fast Company on Dee Hock and his management principles. Dee Hock was the Founder and CEO of VISA International and more recently founded Terra Civitas. Among the ideas that caught my eye was this one on creativity:

The problem is [...]

Yesterday, David Batstone posted a blog entry on Spirit in Business at Worthwhile Magazine and probably spoke for many of us who are trying to help organizations understand how powerful they can be when connecting their actions to deeper principles. He writes about how difficult it can be to get through the front door, particularly [...]