Culture Change

Culture is the foundation for how employees work together, how they interact with customers and partners, and how they represent the company. A strong, positive culture creates a sense of pride among employees, which in turn leads to increased productivity, better customer service, increased target achievement and greater innovation. It…

Bill Gates, Mozart, Robert Oppenheimer, The Beatles, Steve Jobs, John D. Rockefeller and Bill Joy — what do all of these great people have in common? Geniuses? Maybe. Outliers? Sure. Individuals with talents and innate predilections so strong that they overcame all environmental and social barriers, all corporeal and intangible…

In China we don’t consider a person really beautiful until we know them for a long time and then we know what lies behind their facade. — Zhang Ziyi * Enlightenment is a destructive process. It has nothing to do with becoming better or being happier. Enlightenment is the crumbling…

Today, I want to shed light on the importance of culture change within government organizations. Culture plays a significant role in shaping the effectiveness and efficiency of public services, and it has the power to drive positive transformation. …

Animal lovers, this is not ok. — The once universal joy of owning a pet is becoming an exclusive privilege reserved for a fortunate few. No one used to think much about how much it would cost to care for a pet, especially if they were adopting a stray from a shelter. These organizations have low fees…

Through reflecting on what is showing up for a small community I’m working with, discussing it with a mentor, and also looking back on my own experiences in community, I recognised a big piece this weekend. In short: we place major fucking expectations on ourselves and each other. Unrealistic expectations. …

Reconsidering Edmund Burke — A couple years ago I taught an adult ed course on the legacy of Thomas Paine and Edmund Burke, two eighteenth century political thinkers whose ideas are often considered to be the prototypical sources of modern liberalism and conservatism. Nearly all of my students, as well as myself, identify as…

Every time the church pictures God as having a special love for Americans or for Western civilization we are justifying and therefore participating in centuries of murder, robbery and exploitation… Religions grow out of particular cultures. They start with the frailties of their birthplace. The question is whether they will…

The old saying, “time is money,” is probably the most widely used and highly venerated trope in business worldwide. And, sure, why would any for-profit organization spend one of its most precious resources, time, on things that don’t enhance the bottom line first and foremost? Why, then, am I writing…