My New Year’s Resolution Is to Answer a Bigger Call
My New Year’s Resolution Is to Answer a Bigger Call Last year, my New Year’s resolution was to raise the stakes. This year, something different is calling. As the world grows louder, faster, and more fragmented, leadership that relies on urgency and control starts to break down. What holds is alignment. Inner clarity. The ability to stay steady when conditions are not. This week’s edition of This Week in Culture reflects on what it means to answer a bigger call. To lead from values instead of adrenaline. To meet fear with faith. To take responsibility for who we are being, not just what we are producing. The next era of leadership will be shaped by presence, purpose, and humanity that...
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The Accountability Dilemma of Global Outages
The Accountability Dilemma of Global Outages When major outages such as those from CrowdStrike or Amazon Web Services occur, companies often respond...
Make HR Great… Not Again, But For The First Time
Make HR Great… Not Again, But For The First Time HR needs saving. The CHRO is struggling today the same way the CIO once did. For years, CIOs were...
“At Their Most Vulnerable”
"At Their Most Vulnerable" This week I’m speaking to hundreds of healthcare leaders about one of their toughest challenges: the rise of workplace...
False Haste: When Waiting Becomes Wisdom
False Haste: When Waiting Becomes Wisdom This week I wrote about a lesson that connects my Master of Divinity studies with corporate culture: the...
Once Again, Story Trumps Data
Once Again, Story Trumps Data. More than 800,000 people have been laid off this year with little public outcry. Yet when Jimmy Kimmel was suspended,...
AI Isn’t the Villain. Fear Is.
AI Isn’t the Villain. Fear Is. Micha Kaufman’s announcement at Fiverr is being torn apart online, but let’s be clear about what’s really happening....
What If Instead of Leaning In, We Started Letting Go?
What If Instead of Leaning In, We Started Letting Go? For years, I believed the story we were all told — that if I just leaned in harder, spoke...
Psychological Bravery > Psychological Safety
Psychological Bravery > Psychological Safety Psychological safety has been the dominant conversation in leadership for years, but it has its...
Over-Accountable Leaders Hold Their Teams Back
Over-Accountable Leaders Hold Their Teams Back When leaders take too much accountability, it can quietly hold their teams back. On the surface,...
That’s Not What I Meant
That’s Not What I Meant This week’s This Week in Culture is about one of the toughest lessons in leadership: you are not judged by your intention,...
A Culture for All Generations
Disrupting the way we think about generations to attract, engage, and retain all employees
There’s a real benefit in dismantling the perceptions behind Gen Z or X, or whatever the next trendy label is! Citing extensive academic research from her book, Unfairly Labeled, Jessica provides a refreshingly enlightening and data-driven perspective on how multi-generational organizations can strip away stereotypes and and biases that hinder performance and prevent progress toward a common purpose.
