Mindfullness as Leadership Development Approach: Four Key Principles
Polly LaBarre writes in the Harvard Business Review Blog about a leadership development program that brings about organization change by transforming “the hearts and minds of people” rather than...
View ArticleFive Barriers to Knowledge Sharing in Franchising Organizations
The flow or transfer of knowledge is critical in a decentralized franchisee organization. In these organizations, innovation often happens at the local, franchisee level. Tacit knowledge is the...
View ArticleCoworking…Telecommuting 2.0?
As telecommuting has become a fixture in many workplaces, some have started to look for alternatives. There’s a yearning for somewhat regular face-to-face interaction and a need for spaces that foster...
View ArticleFour Principles in Educating For Diversity-Related Change
How do public sector employees successfully seek LGBT-friendly changes in their workplaces? I conducted a case study of a 20-year effort to attain domestic partner benefits in one large state...
View ArticleEight Areas to Rethink in U.S. Higher Education
I just finished reading The Innovative University: Changing the DNA of Higher Education from the Inside Out, written by Clayton Christensen and Henry Eyring (2011). Christensen is the noted expert on...
View ArticleNeeds Assessment as a Learning Tool: Three Findings
Needs assessment can be used to determine what factors are causing a problem. Can it also be used to improve organizational learning? With my colleague, Dr. Denise Cumberland, I was involved in a...
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