Can Geopolitical Decision-Making Benefit from a Little Bias?
Blog, Decision Making, Leadership
“I suggest that Washington, in no small part by virtue of his great confidence, was able to turn the tables and seize victory from the jaws of defeat, an achievement epitomized by his daring raid across the Delaware,” Dominic Johnson writes…
How Political Polarization Affects Our Personal and Professional Lives
Blog, Corporate Culture, Podcast
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In this episode of the Breaking the Fever podcast, we speak with Alison Goldsworthy, Laura Osborne, and Alexandra Chesterfield—the authors…
Ask a Good Question Every Day
Blog, Compliance & Ethics Programs
To an extraordinary degree, boards of directors can have the power to impact a C&E program simply by asking the right questions.
The late Nobel Laureate in physics Isidor I. Rabi once said, ”My mother made me a scientist without ever…
The Challenge of Working Remotely That’s Gone Most Unappreciated
Blog, Corporate Culture, Personality & Personnel, Trust
To see so many businesses finally catch up to the technological reality—that many jobs can be remote—can feel like a wonderful side effect of the pandemic lockdown.
The option to work remotely is wonderful and worth fighting for. It’s…
Remote Work and the Strategic Advantage of Culture
Blog, Corporate Culture, Leadership, Podcast, Speak-Up and Call-Out Culture
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In this virtual event, hosted by the New York Fed in July, Alison Taylor joined other panelists to discuss, among other things, how norms are transmitted in various work environments, and the…
The U.K. Government’s Sweeping Amnesty Proposal Is Seriously Flawed
Blog, Human Rights
The scope of this proposal, regarding the Troubles in Northern Ireland, is far more extensive than the amnesty law adopted by General Augusto Pinochet in Chile in the 1970s.
Last month, the British government announced a sweeping and ill-considered amnesty…
Companies Should Measure Their Levels of Workplace Bullshit
Blog, Cheating & Honesty, Corporate Culture, Corporate Culture Assessment, Speak-Up and Call-Out Culture
People’s propensity to bullshit increases when the social expectations of having an opinion are high, the audience is unknowledgeable, and the speakers expect to get away with it.
Like cheating in school, bullshitting is a way for people…
Getting Interrupted by Your Coworkers Is Good, Actually
Blog, Corporate Culture
Providing employees greater autonomy in when and where they work helps enhance the positive effects of interruptions.
No doubt it’s happened to you, in your dynamic work environment. You’re in the middle of some task at work, focused.…
How to Have Better Conversations About Ethics in Business
Blog, Cheating & Honesty, Compliance & Ethics Programs, Corporate Culture, Leadership, Speak-Up and Call-Out Culture, Trust
The first step is to make conversations about ethics in business safe, interesting, and normal.
It is often difficult, many people would agree, to talk about ethics in business. But why? It’s not because people don’t know what ethics…
Where I See Myself in Deloitte’s New Gen-Z Survey—and Where I Don’t
Blog, Leadership, Personality & Personnel
The constant exposure to large-scale problems can spark sympathy for the people suffering, as well as an intellectual curiosity for what the solutions might be.
I am an Internet baby, a member of Generation Z. The fact that trends on TikTok…