The Great Reevaluation is creating such untenable situations for people that they are leaving jobs without first finding another one – even in the U.S. where they risk losing health care. They are doing it against their economic self-interest. They are doing it because they can no longer tolerate their work environment. This reevaluation has
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It’s being called The Great Resignation – this sort-of-but-not-really-post-pandemic economy. Almost every sector is finding it challenging to fill open positions. I spoke with a friend recently who is a tall ship captain and her organization can’t find enough qualified crew members – if it’s happening in such a niche and ‘alternative’ career path it’s
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How do you foster trust in groups of people? Our traditional approach is reactive – moderating after the fact. That is important but not sufficient.
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Organizational strategies need to adapt to unleash the potential of our organizations but are constrained by outdated mental models.
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After a twelve-year run at The Community Roundtable, I am transitioning to a new venture reflective of the work I want to pursue more closely at this time. TheCR will remain and do much of the same work it always has. Its value is more vital than ever – and needed as more of the
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During the pandemic, there has been a lot of self-congratulatory excitement as organizations went ‘virtual.’ It feels like a lot of the conversation about going back to work focuses on the physical presence — rather than on the behaviors that will enable the flexibility we enjoyed by working remotely.
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Do you work in or with an organization? Are you overwhelmed? Do I even need to ask? Organizational communications in 2020 is in crisis. Communications channels and content have exploded. Information outside organizations changes with every 60-minute news cycle, while organizational processes and tools seem decades out of date and supported with a fraction of
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Communities play a critical role in innovation. Whether in the middle ages or now cities, in particular, are critical to innovation. Cities are a type of community that produces a high cadence of collisions between a diverse set of individuals. This collision of people and ideas allows people to converge on what is meaningful and
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Everyone wants engagement, but few know how to measure it. In an age of options, engagement is a key indicator of attention, commitment, and ultimately, success. Most engagement analytics are architected around content or transactions, not people.
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