by Brad Herbert | Apr 6, 2009 | Development
I turned 41 today and wanted to share some thoughts on life, aging, and family using the philosophy of Carl Jung as a metaphor. Bear with me – it’s only slightly geeky. Jung believed people have two primary mental functions: taking information in and...
by Brad Herbert | Mar 27, 2009 | Development
Food For Thought: What role does a CEO’s personal sense of curiosity have on the rest of his / her organization? I believe there is an enormous impact and a truly successful leader creates an organizational culture that constantly learns and improves at...
by Brad Herbert | Mar 18, 2009 | Development
Robert Cialdini, a psychology professor at the Arizona State University and author of Influence: Science and Practice has some fantastic ideas around improving the way we influence others. He calls them the six universal principles of influence: Reciprocation: People...
by Brad Herbert | Mar 17, 2009 | Development
No one intentionally gives birth to inefficiency, but it quickly happens when people do not actively adapt the mechanisms of the organization as things change. We’ve all had this happen to us: the one time report that takes forever to compile manually that...
by Brad Herbert | Mar 14, 2009 | Development, Recruitment
Every organization needs to constantly improve the value it offers to customers or risk extinction. Our economic heartburn has caused many leaders to overreact and curtail many organizational activities when in reality they should be smartly investing in their future....
by Brad Herbert | Mar 12, 2009 | Development
This post was written in 2009 but remains relevant as we now adapt to yet another black swan event. The global economic meltdown has presented a huge challenge for organizations to not only survive but to also emerge stronger for Canada’s eventual return to...
by Brad Herbert | Feb 14, 2009 | Recruitment
An employer brand is an awkward term that basically means your reputation as employer. If you’ve ever had a bad experience at work and posted anonymously about it, or bragged to your family about your cool new job then you’ve experienced and influenced an...
by Brad Herbert | Jan 28, 2009 | Development
(This post was originally written in 2009 during the “great” recession but many of the concepts remain true, albeit now turbocharged with machine learning, big data and data scientists, consumer friendly network analysis, chat services like Microsoft Teams...
by Brad Herbert | Jan 25, 2009 | Development
The NY Times had a great article today on Wal-Mart’s corporate sustainability journey. It describes how then CEO H. Lee Scott Jr. went from fierce opponent to strong advocate. In the end he realizes that it is both a short term salve from fierce criticism but...
by Brad Herbert | Jan 23, 2009 | Development, Recruitment
I’m a big fan of Apple computers and do my best to sell my friends and family on the entire suite of products. The products are nearly always better designed, easier to use, and simply work and look better than anything out there so I feel comfortable...
