I stood in front of an audience last Friday and asked, “what percentage of the US workforce is disengaged?”People called out numbers: 50%. 63%. 75%. One person said 90%!The answer? According to Gallup’s most recent survey, 69% of the US workforce is disengaged.First, that’s a crazy big number. Second, that is not that far from what
Image credit: IqonceptI’m delivering a keynote this week where I talk about a small but incredibly powerful distinction.The difference between understanding change and accepting it.I’ll be honest with you: I understood COVID perfectly. I knew in-person events were gone. I knew organizations were scrambling. I knew (intellectually) that every company on the planet was being
What happens when you go through 14 reorganizations and 7 managers in just two years?In this episode, I sit down with my longtime friend Terrence Ryan, a Developer Relations Manager at Google Cloud specializing in AI, to talk about what it really takes to navigate relentless change without burning out, disengaging, or simply resisting reality.Terry
image credit to allvisionnThere’s a quote I heard years ago that still rattles around in my mind:”The most desired trait in an employee is innovation. The most rewarded trait in an employee is compliance.”(If you know who originally said this, please tell me. I’ve searched. I’ve asked. Nothing. At this point I’ve accepted that it
In this episode I sit down with innovation strategist, improviser, and author Melissa Dinwiddie to talk about her new book, Innovation at Work: 52 Micro-Experiments for Brave Leaders Who Want to Unstick Teams, Spark Ideas, and Build What’s Next.Melissa shares how organizations can build real cultures of innovation—not through giant retreats or complicated systems, but
I was on a plane after a keynote a few years ago.Spent. That good kind of spent where you gave everything you had and you know it landed. I put my headphones on, leaned back, and hit play on “La Villa Strangiato” by Rush.If you don’t know it: 10 minutes, no lyrics, three guys making
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