The longer I live and the more places I visit, the more I appreciate changes in season. This week the weather in Orlando, Florida, where I live, shifted from dark-soggy-winter-chill to warm-bright-spring. The change naturally invites me to be outdoors more, leave work a bit early, and enjoy some long bike rides. My motivation wasn’t […]
In today’s new rules of work, getting meaningful work done is no longer place-centric or position-centric, but people-centric. The use of social media, not just for play, but as a primary platform for work-related interaction, has accelerated the shift from top-down hierarchies to flatter networks. Every organization has informal networks — back channels — that […]
If you’ve ever watched the show “Shark Tank,” you get the idea. In the shark tank, entrepreneurs pitch their business plans to a group of potential investors who poke and prod to determine, “Is this an idea worth investing in?” Promising projects receive funding and mentoring. Last weekend I, along with about 80 others, attended […]