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Toxic Positivity & Uncertain Times

THE PROBLEM

6 min readMay 19, 2023

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Toxic Positivity & Uncertain Times

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Karen Jaw-Madson
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COnscious: Innovative Ideas for Organizational Cultures

LESSONS FROM A YEAR’S WORTH OF CULTURE HEADLINES

With the completion of an unusual year, there’s much to reflect upon. The state of workplace culture is no exception. Here are some of the…

6 min readJan 5, 2021

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LESSONS FROM A YEAR’S WORTH OF CULTURE HEADLINES

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Your Future: Career Advice for TODAY

“These are strange times” is an understatement, but it really does feel strange. Yet people still have to live their lives and…work. For…

4 min readMay 29, 2020

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Your Future: Career Advice for TODAY

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COnscious: Innovative Ideas for Organizational Cultures

What It Takes to Have a Crisis-Resilient Company Culture

“Only the strong survive,” as they say. While so many factors influence the success, failure, and survival of a company, culture is…

8 min readMay 21, 2020

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What It Takes to Have a Crisis-Resilient Company Culture

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COnscious: Innovative Ideas for Organizational Cultures

WORKING FROM HOME? MAKE TEAMWORK VIRAL WITH THESE MORALE-BOOSTING IDEAS

Nothing like a global pandemic to trigger my make “lemonade out of lemons” tendencies. Even as I hunker down with my own work, I still…

7 min readMar 18, 2020

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WORKING FROM HOME? MAKE TEAMWORK VIRAL WITH THESE MORALE-BOOSTING IDEAS

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COnscious: Innovative Ideas for Organizational Cultures

5 Surprising Leadership Lessons from Toptal’s CEO

Last month, The Information’s Amir Efrati broke the story on how TopTal’s CEO froze co-founders, employees, and investors out of equity…

5 min readSep 16, 2019

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5 Surprising Leadership Lessons from Toptal’s CEO

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The “how-to” for Company Culture: An Introduction to Design of Work Experience (DOWE)

You may be thinking, “Another model? Who needs another tool?” Given all that’s out there, the skepticism is well-founded. This one…

8 min readJul 24, 2019

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The “how-to” for Company Culture: An Introduction to Design of Work Experience (DOWE)

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COnscious: Innovative Ideas for Organizational Cultures

It’s Like Jeopardy: What Game Theory Has to Do with Work Culture

Design thinkers are encouraged to build what Roger L. Martin called “knowledge systems” by exposing themselves to a variety of stimulus —…

3 min readMay 21, 2019

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It’s Like Jeopardy: What Game Theory Has to Do with Work Culture

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COnscious: Innovative Ideas for Organizational Cultures

Product Hunt Power: What Companies Can Learn from Online Communities

The Journey

5 min readOct 23, 2018

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Product Hunt Power: What Companies Can Learn from Online Communities

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COnscious: Innovative Ideas for Organizational Cultures

Shoemaker’s Children No More: Changing HR’s Culture

This article was originally published in the September, 2018 issue of HR Strategy & Planning

5 min readOct 22, 2018

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Shoemaker’s Children No More: Changing HR’s Culture

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Karen Jaw-Madson

Karen Jaw-Madson

Culture, Talent Optimization, Leadership, & Change Advisor, Author #CultureYourCultureBook, Founder of Future of Work platform @aNewHR, Instructor @StanfordCSP

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