The Lasting Anguish of Moral Injury
Blog, Corporate Culture, Personality & Personnel, Speak-Up and Call-Out CultureOn a Sunday evening in September 1994, David Peters drove to a church service in Beckley, West Virginia, as the sun set over the horizon. He was 19 years old, just back from Marine Corps boot camp.
What Organizations Can Do to Solve the World’s Mental Health Crisis
Blog, Corporate Culture, LeadershipThe world is in the midst of a mental health crisis.
What Have We Learned About Business and Ethics from the Pandemic Discussion Series: Part One
Blog, Corporate Culture, Podcast, Speak-Up and Call-Out Culture, TrustIn this episode of the Work in Progress podcast, host Christopher Michaelson is joined by Alison Taylor and Ed Freeman to discuss profit and price-gouging during the pandemic and to what extent the cost of doing business has been externalized onto stakeholders.
Why It Seems Like So Many Big Tech Whistleblowers Are Women
Blog, Corporate Culture, Corruption, Decision Making, Internal Reporting, Speak-Up and Call-Out CultureA number of high-profile whistleblowers in the technology industry have stepped into the spotlight in the past few years.
What Does Storytelling Have to Do with Business Ethics?
Blog, Corporate Culture, LeadershipIf you commit to telling stories that lead your employees to certain ethical conclusions, are you upping your odds of guiding those employees to high ethical standards?
Leaders, Are You Sure People Trust You?
Blog, Corporate Culture, Leadership, TrustWhenever I ask leaders, “Do your people trust you?” they usually return an incredulous look of, “Well, why wouldn’t they trust me?”
It’s Time to Overhaul Our Understanding of Accountability
Blog, Corporate Culture, Personality & PersonnelFew buzzwords are more cringeworthy than “accountability.”
Want to Take a Stand for Free Expression, Hollywood? Copy Sony
Blog, Corporate Culture, LeadershipThe latest Spider-Man movie has grossed more than $1.8 billion worldwide since it opened last December—not too shabby even by the superhuman standards of the Marvel franchise.
Every Strong Team Starts with Purpose and Belonging
Blog, Corporate Culture, LeadershipIn the wake of the Great Resignation, many business leaders may feel like their teams are in shambles.
“Severance” and the Philosophy of Separating Work-Me from Home-Me
Blog, Corporate Culture, Decision Making, Personality & PersonnelIf you could take work-life balance to its most literal extreme, what would it look like? That’s the central theme of Severance, the sci-fi series that has just finished airing on Apple TV.