Leather or Life?
I recently read with great interest an article in Bloomberg Business entitled, “Your Salad Lunches are Killing American Leather.” I paused for a while, just […]
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Shareholder Value vs. Sustainability
Maximizing shareholder value is often perceived as being in opposition to sustainability efforts. According to Lynn Stout’s book, The Shareholder Value Myth, focusing too much […]
Continue reading »Behavioral Energy Programs go Mainstream
Thanks to companies like Opower, behavioral approaches to energy conservation are becoming more mainstream, and achieving sizable reductions in energy use. Opower uses behavioral sciences […]
Continue reading »What Motivates us to Work Well?
A well-organized article from TED with 7 motivating forces that we can leverage at work and in life, backed up by research. Here’s a hint: […]
Continue reading »Ecosystems: Understanding Organizational Change
In a recent post I wrote about how humans and nature are wired to respond to stressors by strengthening relationships. This excellent report by the Center […]
Continue reading »Skills your Employers Want
This useful visualization from Bloomberg Business shows which characteristics organizations look for in employees across industries such as energy, health, finance, and technology. Interestingly, for […]
Continue reading »Science: Vulnerability is Beautiful
According to social scientist Professor Brené Brown, humans are wired for connection. “It’s why we’re here,” she says in her TED talk. In fact, the […]
Continue reading »$Car = 6 x $Bicycle
A research study shows that the cost to society and the economy in Copenhagen of driving is a staggering six times that of cycling. In a […]
Continue reading »Emotions point to Motivations
This article in the Harvard Business Review provides interesting insights into how to improve your emotional intelligence by discerning the emotions and thereby the motivation […]
Continue reading »Trust builds Creative & Collaborative Teams
In an interview, Stanford psychologist Emma Seppälä speaks about her HBR article, which recommends compassion and trust, not toughness as a strategy for building more […]
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