by Kathy Wilcox | Sep 11, 2022 | Leadership
If you have spent any amount of time with me you have probably noticed that words matter to me. One of my most impactful memories from graduate school at Case Western Reserve University was when David Cooperrider introduced the idea that words create worlds. I have...
by Kathy Wilcox | Oct 11, 2021 | Leadership
I have always been fascinated with culture. Observing and trying to understand what makes an organization tick. Watching people within and around an organization and noting their behaviors. The norms. The language. The movement. The space. The assembly of these parts...
by Joe Watson | Jun 3, 2020 | Creativity, Innovation, Leadership
The idea for this article has been percolating in my head for many months, and it’s something I’ve been hesitant to write for a long time. But here it is. I play Dungeons and Dragons. Even better, I believe that D&D has tremendous power to make organizations...
by Kathy Wilcox | May 11, 2020 | Innovation, Leadership
A culture change isn’t any different than other change initiative and benefits from involving the entire organization in the conversation – defining, designing and making change. How can you get your entire system involved? Town Hall Meetings Surveys Focus Groups Task...
by Joe Watson | Aug 29, 2019 | Creativity, Innovation, Leadership
I discovered Jacob Collier recently, and then I saw he had made this video about harmony for Wired — and it features the legendary Herbie Hancock. What a fantastic breakdown of a complicated topic – and done in a way that resonates with each target audience. There is...
by Joe Watson | Mar 20, 2019 | Creativity, Innovation, Leadership
Recently I had a chance to catch up with the brilliant and insightful Valdis Krebs, who does all sorts of fascinating work on social network analysis. After one if his talks in Europe, an attendee approached him and posed this query: “It’s great to see what an...
