Thoughts on people, teams, organizations, communities, effectiveness and success
Stanford University professor Bob Sutton, whose work I admire, authored the book “The No Assholes Rule.” Good book, great topic, and some wonderful thoughts about how to work with and / or avoid workplace assholes.
Unfortunately the “rule” doesn’t work in most firms. And even while asshole behavior is corrosive and cancerous to the effectiveness of most companies, here’s why jerks and assholes will continue to exist in the workplace.… Read the rest
Life changes, and at times, it changes very quickly. For organizations it can be a game of relentless catch-up as they move to adjust to the benefits – and challenges of technological shifts.
With most people and companies finally getting a solid handle on simple older workplace technology from the 1990’s like e-mail (“Do we really want to put out an all-employees e-mail saying those things?”),… Read the rest