What Boards Can Do to Prepare for Crises
Complex, fast-moving threats to organizations can happen at any time. Disruptions from severe weather events, to cyber-attacks, to active shooter incidents can strike from outside, and there is no shortage of self-inflicted internal jeopardies, whether the act of a rogue individual or a toxic culture, that can also wreak havoc. Witness the scandals at Boeing, Peudue Pharma, and Facebook among others as well as the many #MeToo incidents of sexual harassment.
This Is What Peak Car Looks Like
After one too many snowstorms, Boston tech executive Larry Kim had had it with shoveling out his car and struggling to find parking. So in 2014 he ditched his Infiniti luxury sedan and began commuting by Uber and Lyft—at an annual cost of as much as $20,000.
Three Steps to turn everyday get togethers into transformative gatherings: TED
Why do some gatherings take off and others don't? Author Priya Parker shares three easy steps to turn your parties, dinners, meetings and holidays into meaningful, transformative gatherings.
The Navy’s USS Gabrielle Giffords and the Future of Work
Minimal manning—and with it, the replacement of specialized workers with problem-solving generalists—isn’t a particularly nautical concept. Indeed, it will sound familiar to anyone in an organization who’s been asked to “do more with less”—which, these days, seems to be just about everyone. Ten years from now, the Deloitte consultant Erica Volini projects, 70 to 90 percent of workers will be in so-called hybrid jobs or superjobs—that is, positions combining tasks once performed by people in two or more traditional roles.
Does performance management help every employee be their best self?
I’m about to introduce you to a proven methodology called Best-Self Management, that has led to unbelievable success at my company, and for every employee. By building a work culture and instituting practices that supported each person in being and becoming their best self, high performance and uncommon loyalty resulted naturally across the board. But first it’s important for you to understand how I got here ...