Colleagues’ calorie-dense temptations are part of an age-old bonding ritual.

On the evening of January 26th, 2023, from the comfort of his home in Palo Alto, California, Ed Schein logged onto his computer one last time to join an Immersive Learning Circle with participants from around the world. Ed was joined by his incredible son, Peter Schein, and a great mix of Organization Development (OD) enthusiasts, emerging and seasoned practitioners, and professors. All of us were eager to absorb Ed’s unrivaled insight and passion, but none of us realized we were about to bear

Four ways to improve efficiency at the organizational level.

Pinkcasts: short, informal, low-fi videos offering tips, recommendations, or whatever happens to be on my mind. Sent on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of every month.

The four poisons that might be stymieing change at your company, and the three ways to get uncomfortable enough to push through.

Dorie Clark

Twenty years ago, a few colleagues and I launched a consulting practice to help leaders build more effective organizations through practical, non-touchy-feely work around leadership, teamwork, clarity, communication and human systems. We believed then—and still do today—that far too many organizatio

In order to move forward, the airline must consider these fundamental questions.

Mike Ganino joins us to help you lead through your strengths at work. You'll find this episode especially useful if you manage a team and you're trying to

Corporate culture is more important to your happiness than the salary, title or position. But how can you find out what the corporate culture is?

The role has been disappearing rapidly among Fortune 500 companies. But why?

It’s part of getting stuff done.

Why is change so difficult? Why do we resist it? Why do we fail to adapt even when our current methods aren't working? My work with clients in my coaching practice and MBAs at Stanford often involves helping people implement,...

I’ve posted about getting people to like you, winning arguments and FBI methods for negotiation — but let’s take it to the next level. There are ways to deal with people who are difficult but brass tacks here, folks: most of the people who cause you problems aren’t going anywhere.

Fantastic 20-minute video that examines the organizational politics and lessons from NASA in the Challenger and Columbia accidents.