by Brad Herbert | Aug 7, 2009 | Development
Leadership is the art of getting people to achieve more together than they would independently. This is challenging for any leader but as the scope of the role increases and the impact of mistakes rises, it puts enormous pressure on leaders to get it right. In that...
by Brad Herbert | Aug 5, 2009 | Development, Recruitment, Total Rewards
Here’s how Netflix describes itself on its career page: Entertainment, like friendship, is a fundamental human need; it changes how we feel and gives us common ground. We want to entertain the world. If we succeed, there is more laughter, more empathy, and more...
by Brad Herbert | Jun 22, 2009 | Development
Psychologist Philip Zimbardo says happiness and success are rooted in a trait most of us disregard: the way we orient toward the past, present and future. He suggests we calibrate our outlook on time as a first step to improving our lives. He says there are six time...
by Brad Herbert | Jun 14, 2009 | Development
In my last post I talked a bit about Peter Senge and systems thinking. I try to be ecologically minded and found this recent article on sustainability in the MIT Sloan Management Journal a great read. Senge breaks down sustainability into something tangible: Energy,...
by Brad Herbert | Jun 14, 2009 | Development
Here’s an interesting article showing the power of peer influence on behaviour. “The WSJ article mentions another study where a hotel tried to get customers to reuse towels. Claiming that 75% of people who stayed in the same room as the customer reused...
by Brad Herbert | Jun 11, 2009 | Development
Company incubators are not a new idea, but I recently enjoyed watching a video about entrepreneurs working with experienced leaders to launch a new idea. My immediate thought is that so many great ideas are squashed by corporate cultures that, in a way, these things...
