A Learning Mindset: Critical Currency for the 21st century WRITTEN BY Marin Cohn, THINKHUMAN CONSULTANT + COACH In his latest book, Thank You for Being Late, Thomas Friedman argues that people are fairly adaptable. The problem, he says, is that our capacity to adapt is being outpaced by the ever faster-changing forces of technology. Everything keeps getting faster. We see this every day in our own work, and with the clients that we work with. The accelerating pace of change means that no longer are there any experts; to be at the …

Thinx: Your Company Culture is your Brand. Period. Thinx is providing a beautiful case study for what can happen in an organization when your brand does not match the internal culture. WRITTEN BY JULIANE CORMAN, THINKHUMAN CONSULTANT + COACH Recently, there has been a good deal of buzz around Thinx, the company that brought us the moisture-wicking, absorbent underwear for women on their periods. Whether or not you’re of the menstruating gender, Thinx is providing a beautiful case study for what can happen in an organization when your brand does …

Spending 10 Minutes a Day on Mindfulness Subtly Changes the Way You React to Everything ADAPTED FROM HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW Leaders across the globe feel that the unprecedented busyness of modern-day leadership makes them more reactive and less proactive. There is a solution to this hardwired, reactionary leadership approach: mindfulness. Mindfulness can help people create a one-second mental space between an event or stimulus and their response to it. Research has found that mindfulness training alters our brains and how we engage with ourselves, others, and our work. When practiced and …

Uber’s Culture Issues Stem from the Leadership A myriad of scandals has propelled Uber and its company culture into the spotlight. Many are asking how this company culture developed. Written by Juliane Corman, ThinkHuman Consultant + Coach A myriad of scandals in the past few weeks has propelled Uber and its company culture into the spotlight. Let’s briefly review – sexual harassment has been reported to HR and not resolved, policies were apparently created to evade authorities where Uber was prohibited, Google has accused Uber of stealing intellectual property for self-driving …

Rockstar start-up culture conviction from PayPal “What are your top five priorities for the week?” “What are the top three objectives and key results you’re using to measure how you’re doing for the quarter?” These are pointed and tough questions from managers at work to help their teams prioritize and focus on achieving the most important accomplishments. For Peter Thiel, PayPal billionaire, famed entrepreneur and investor, these don’t nearly go far enough. As the founder of PayPal, Thiel developed an unorthodox, extreme philosophy on focus and prioritization. Instead of focusing …

High Performance Happy Thoughts from Cliff Oxford HR Happy says we should do what pleases people, High Performance Happy says I will fight for every inch. Think of an olympic athlete jumping into the pool for those 4:30 am laps. The latter includes the understanding that we are on a mission bigger that any one of us. We find our happiness in being on a world class team that is making a difference. High Performance Happy means giving employees tremendous responsibility, and employees happily showing that they are the best. You …

Building your culture and your team with Andy Dunn From Andy Dunn, Founder and CEO Bonobos No one gave me a recipe for how to create company culture. I have been lucky to piece together the wisdom of many who have gone before me. I save the accumulated genius of what I have learned from them, in distilled form, for the end. Is culture revealed or created? Most of the time when you need something at a company, you make it. If you want to sell a product, you create …

Strengthening the Emotional Bond Between Your People and Your Company Culture No one engages with something that they are simply told or lectured. People engage when they are actually asked to voice an opinion and be part of a conversation. Inviting people to participate is not the same as asking them to decide—it’s understood that the leadership team has to make sense of the discussion and come to a final decision. But your people’s participation creates emotional engagement. If it’s the regular course of business, then increasing employee’s emotional connection …

Google Goes Open Source With Culture Just one more awesome step towards “making the world’s information universally accessible”. This month, Google launched its platform for the open sharing of ideas around culture and people-management. re:Work – the site’s moniker – is built on research-backed examples of how Google handles hiring, culture and anti-bias training, and shares free tools like internally-used slide decks and checklists. The site will also feature case studies of other great companies, a blog about new management trends, academic research, and plans to include conversations and insights with other …