Generosity aka Boost Practices: A List To Start
This list of practices, which I originally crafted when I was researching Generative & Generous Organizations, turns out to be a really great list for Feminist Businesses. Feminist businesses that […]
Company Character Grows From Place Identity
What do start-ups and coffee beans have in common? For both, the place they grow shapes who they become. We don’t talk much about the role of place in shaping […]
How to Design Social Business Systems For Engaged, Social Organizations
Organizations are social — they always have been. But, organizations have rarely been designed intentionally to help us flourish as social beings while we work together. Neither our analog systems […]
5 Ways That Systems of Engagement Bring Out Our Full Social Selves
Technology has a way of sucking the humanity right out of us. Consider how we describe, design and deploy ‘enterprise 2.0’ and work system technologies in our organizations: — When […]
Measuring Meaningful Differences: College Rankings and Identity
Here’s a mini-exam for you. College ranking systems are: A. A great way to sell magazines and get your publication’s name in the news B. A scam that preys on […]
Does the iPad Signal a Change in Apple's Core Brand & Identity?
If products reflect an organization’s values and an organization’s identity, does Apple’s new iPad tell us something about where Apple as a company is headed? And, if that’s where Apple […]
Don't Let Personal Branding Stifle your Authentic Voice
There is a battle brewing between the concepts of Personal Brand and Authentic Voice. If you’ve been paying attention at all (and I’m sure you have) you’ve seen the articles […]
Can Organizations Regain Authenticity by Bringing Back Their Original Visionaries?: Where to, Starbucks?
Too many organizations feel inauthentic. Some organizations never had authenticity, and they feel empty. Other organizations had authenticity once but have since lost it. These organizations feel hollow. In an […]
Organizational Identity, Employee Branding and Political Contributions: Should you care if The Body Shop leans Republican?
The Body Shop is Republican? Anita Roddick must be rolling over in her grave. Released last week were the results of a study that shows how organizations have supported the […]
Obama's Website Made Me Cry
It moved me from intent to action. It snuck past my shield of cynicism. It struck me at the core of what I care about. And it made me remember […]