While Steve Jobs popularized the term “intrapreneurship” in a 1985 Newsweek article, this topic is still gaining traction as the entrepreneurial mindset is increasingly needed within corporations as much as outside to set new vision, disrupt ways of doing things,...
You’ve probably heard by now that despite real progress and much more mainstream attention over the past few years, real gender diversity still eludes much of corporate America. According to well-publicized research findings from LeanIn.org and McKinsey earlier this...
I recently heard Seth Godin give a keynote and he said “Culture is everything. Culture and your people trump marketing, sales and everything else.” It got me thinking that employers are so focused on meeting deadlines, hustling to meet customer expectations, achieving...
We live in an era when sweeping workplace problems under the rug is no longer an option for corporations—and thankfully so. Still, there are always going to be conflicts in the workplace, well-meaning policies that lead to unintended consequences, and employees and...
Every day, at least 10,000 Americans turn 65. When we imagine the future, most of us envision ourselves living life on our own terms, in our homes and communities, connected to the people we love, even as we become more frail. As Atul Gawande, Next Avenue’s 2015...