Organizations & Culture
The Nine Future Of Work Mindsets You Need For The Weird New World of Work
The question “what do you do?” increasingly does not make sense. Five years ago, I would have said “I’m a consultant.” People really just want to know “how do you make money?” Increasingly, that question is coming to mean “what do you work on?” For me the answer is complicated — I create a podcast, ... Read more
Paying back $24,000 to my previous employer and the absurdity of bonuses
As I sat there on my couch holding my pen in my hand, I was pissed off. I had to write a check for $24,000 to my employer. I had not completed my third year of servitude and was obligated to pay back my full sign-on bonus and moving expenses. Any pretending that my last two ... Read more
Is “management” already dead?
Will modern “management” go down in history with antibiotics and soda as something that started out benevolent but ended up harming many people? As we shift to an economy in which creativity, compassion, and dare I say, humanity, are the way in which people and companies will win the hearts and mind of people – ... Read more
The Gift Economy: Path to a Better Working World?
“How much does it cost?” This question might be one of the most common questions we ask yet it makes increasingly less sense for the world we are moving towards — a work in which we will depend on people who can create, imagine, connect and love. I made the leap to self employment because ... Read more
Should you try get an MBA from a top-tier school? Its complicated.
Every year I look at the rising tuition for a top-tier MBA and get more and more shocked. I am a first-generation college student and did not grow up knowing about things like a “top-tier MBA” or having the expectation that this is a path I was supposed to take. However, I am incredibly lucky ... Read more
My awakening: How I learned to harness my creativity, build the courage to quit my job, and start a new chapter of my life
My mother said I lacked ambition. She was probably right. I quit my first job at the gas station because I kept missing Patriots games. This was 2001. Looking back, it looks like a great decision — it was the start of the Brady-Belichick dynasty. But I was just being selfish. However, that word — ... Read more
Steve Kerr Teaches You The Secret Of Leadership — In 12 Seconds
Yes, really, in only 12 seconds. Source: NBA.com When I go to twitter, I typically only look at NBA associated twitter accounts, so I didn’t expect to find what I found — a short, but powerful video that unlocks the secret of leadership in 12 seconds. When I first saw the video, I started cracking up. ... Read more
“Lets Create a Training!” — Rethinking the $150 billion spent on learning & development
Companies are spending more than $150 billion on training and development, or over $1,000 per person. Are we getting any value for that amount of money? If you ask the people responsible for putting that money into action and the business leaders responsible for their results they are actually aligned. They think the money is ... Read more
Three better ways to figure out the answer the question “what do you want to do?”
Asking someone “what do you want to do?” is a terrible question. Yet we ask this question over and over to young people. If I were asked this question, my response would be complicated: “Since the half-life of skills is rather short and I can’t predict what types of work will exist ten years from ... Read more
The Hiring Trap: How we miss out on awesome candidates as organizations become more successful
The better we get, the more mistakes we make My life changed when I landed a job at McKinsey & Company. I was a “non-target” student, or as I found out through many e-mail rejections to top companies: automated rejection. After working at McKinsey, my eyes were opened to the massive advantages of working at a ... Read more