10 Reasons Why The Komen Foundation Should Stop Lying about Defunding Planned Parenthood
It always hurts when organizations lie. Lying hurts the organization, the employees, the organization’s partners, the organization’s prospects, and most importantly, lying hurts the organization’s constituents. When an organization does […]
Why Do Meritocracies Hurt Women?
When it comes to discriminating against women, you’d think that only sexist organizations would be involved. But did you ever imagine that meritocracies would encourage managers to discriminate against women? […]
Built to Deceive: When organizations intend to mislead us
What would you think about an organization that intentionally mislead its potential clients? — That advertised itself as providing a range of products or services, when in fact it only […]
BP's Beyond Petroleum: Hypocrisy, or caught in the act of learning?
Some people actually believe(d) that BP was making an authentic effort to move “Beyond Petroleum”. I was quite surprised to discover this early in June, in conversation with an organizational […]
If Stephen Colbert were the CEO of Zappos: Explaining a layoff to your employees
On The Colbert Report , it’s called "The Word". In Web 2.0, it’s called "transparency ". Historically, it’s called "telling the truth". As I was working on a more serious […]
Faking an Identity: How Inauthentic Organizations Dress Up
Special Halloween Edition In the spirit of Halloween, a time of costumes, treats and tricks, I’m inspired to start a list of ways that organizations dress themselves up so that […]
McCain Campaign Exploits the Race of Their Hired Help
The McCain Campaign has hired Obama supporters to work as as "paid volunteers ."Â As reported by Tom Baldwin in the UK Times, and picked up by The Huffington Post […]
The Lyin', the Which? , and The Wardrobe: Palin's new clothes cost her more than $150,000
Sarah , Sarah , Sarah . Just when I’m ready to move on to other topics, you serve up yet another opportunity to understand organizations and authenticity. This time, the […]
Broken promises hurt twice as much
What hurts more: (a) An offensive organizational action or (b) an offensive action that displays inauthenticity? I vote for (b). An offensive action that displays inauthenticity hurts more than an […]
Authenticity: Is it Organizational or is it Marketing?
Of all the current conversations about authenticity and organizations, none is more vibrant- and confused- than the conversation that mingles authenticity, authentic brands and authentic organizations. The Harvard Business Review […]