Your Job’s Just Not That into You. And That’s Ok.Workplace journalism today makes the Great Resignation sound like a Bad Breakup. Americans aren’t just leaving their jobs; they’re…Nov 29, 2021Nov 29, 2021
Mode SwitchingThirty years ago, I inscribed a line from John Milton in a spiral-bound college notebook:Nov 16, 2021Nov 16, 2021
When Empathy’s Not EnoughWhat do you do when, as an organizational leader, you’re just not that good at performing compassion? Should you look for other work? Or…Nov 11, 2021Nov 11, 2021
A Condition Worse than BurnoutAnne Helen Peterson’s 2020 book Can’t Even asks, “How Work Got So Shitty.” She notes the strange fact that more and more of us work longer…Oct 28, 2021Oct 28, 2021
Surviving Inattention in an Attention EconomyRichard Lanham has argued that in an Information Society the one great shortage is attention. You’re struggling to read even the first…Oct 20, 2021Oct 20, 2021
The Edges of Epiphany, or Why Inspirational Storytelling Isn’t EnoughConcentric circles of chairs surround me, each filled with a human whose face and form I can make out in the darkness, if I stare with an…Oct 11, 2021Oct 11, 2021
Why Effective Altruism Might Not BeThis morning, I caught the latest episode of the Ezra Klein Show, a conversation with Holden Karnofsky, one of the founders of GiveWell and…Oct 5, 2021Oct 5, 2021
Why Organizational Spirituality Seems ExtraMention personal wellness to an organizational leader, and I predict they’ll give you something between a nod and a grimace. They’ll nod…Sep 30, 2021Sep 30, 2021
Why Write 1000 Words a Day?Over the past couple of years, I’ve been working on a book project about the spiritual lives of organizations — that’s the background for…Jan 12, 2021Jan 12, 2021
Why Organizational Spirituality’s Not about Self-CareI don’t remember how old I was when somebody told me a story about a rabbi who was telling stories to a huge crowd. His stories tumbled…Jan 12, 2021Jan 12, 2021