Wal-Mart Knocks Off the Girl Scouts
(Welcome MacLeans Readers… Please join the conversation! ) Just when you think your opinion about Wal-mart might be changing… Just when you think that maybe, just maybe, Wal-mart was learning […]
When the Organization Wears its Brand
The organization itself can wear the brand — it isn’t just the employees’ who can “wear the brand”. The organization’s physical being can (and should) express its brand and purpose. […]
BlogHer 09: Does Swag Pervert the Purpose?
Walking into my office this morning, I tripped over a ‘rubber bracelet cum flash drive’ that was part of the swag I brought back with me from Chicago and the […]
Authenticity: Is there an app for that?
A few weeks ago, I finally gave up my shiny-pink Motorola phone personalized with Hello Kitty stickers, and moved to the lbd of digital tools. Yes, I bought an iPhone. […]
5 Reasons why Management Professors should be reading blogs
Very few management professors read blogs about management, leadership, strategy or organizations. I have no hard data, no scientific survey, to support this claim, but I know it’s true. As […]
Peek inside an Authentic Organization: Blogging at Berrett-Koehler
Years of following industries that create culture have left me with a special fondness for book publishers. Year after year, season after season, page after page, book publishers create objects […]
Reflective Executives, Where are you hiding?
One of my blogging e-mentors asked “If you had one question about blogging that you could have answered with a magic wand, what would that question be?” I’m a big […]
Representing your organization on Twitter: A Logo or a Face?
What is the best way to represent an organization visually on social media like Twitter? On every social media platform, a participant can be represented by a username, screen name, […]
Sarah Palin Reads AuthenticOrganizations.com!?
An amazing discovery! Someone from Wasilla (Alaska) reads AuthenticOrganizations.com! And not just “lands on the page”. Oh, no. We’re talkin’ 3 pageviews and 1.27 minutes online— in one visit alone! […]
Resources for Authenticity: Being vs. Understanding
What resources can organizations draw on to create and sustain an authentic sense of “who they are”? My class with the Darden EMBA students on Saturday danced around the questions […]