So, if culture matters, and the people in your organization drive your culture forward, what does competency look like? Cultural competency looks like the founder/CEO knowing what the organization is going to look like. And then sticking to that vision. Cultural competency looks like the team being composed of people Read more…
Earbud_U Episode #7- Shalin Sirkar – Filmmaker, Social Shaker, Visionary, Feminist, Creative Whirlwind [powerpress] The process of making a film is collaborative, fulfilling and, at the end of the day, really, really hard. Shalin Sirkar is an international filmmaker, feminist and politically active visionary who is seeking to make films Read more…
I always get frustrated when I read the magazine Fast Company. Not because the people aren’t inspiring, or the stories aren’t relevant or the insights aren’t actionable. I don’t get frustrated because of any of those reasons. I want to throw the magazine across the room every month because, after Read more…
Culture means something. We forget about the clarion call of culture in our pell-mell run toward the future. But culture matters, particularly in companies and organizations. Culture, as defined by the cultural anthropologist E. B. Taylor, is the complex whole that includes morals, knowledge, arts, beliefs, law, customs, capabilities and Read more…
This is our 500th blog post. We have written in this space about everything from conflict and best practices, all the way to marketing and “the future.” We are proud to have our readership increase from just our Mom and family, all the way to people that we have attended Read more…
Confirmation bias occurs when a person believes that the situations and experiences they continually run into, reaffirm their persepctive on their place in the world, and their preconceived beliefs or practices. Case in point: When a person looks at the amount in their paycheck every week and mutters “ Well, I guess Read more…
Content distribution is hard. Really hard. Here’s why: It’s really difficult to research content, write content and edit content without a commensurate plan to “get it out there.” Here at HSCT, we looked at the distribution part of creating content as secondary to the problem of generating enough content to Read more…
Persistence is tough. The savvy peacebuilding consultant knows this, because she has dealt with clients who would rather give up and return to the comfort of their past dysfunction, rather than attempt to go through the hard work of pushing through to create something new. Persistence requires energy. The savvy Read more…
Business mentors are not the most important parts of your business, but they are definitely an integral portion of the game. Good business mentors can provide three things: Sound, positive feedback that is both constructive and developmental The space to know when to let you fail, and when to push you Read more…
Relationships at work are third level relationships. First level relationships are familial ones, all the way from the family in your house that you grew up with to your cousin Wanda in Oklahoma. Second level relationships are close friends and associates, schoolmates, neighbors, etc. But the people that we work Read more…