The right tool for the job?

The right tool for the job? Growing up outside Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania) in the 1970s, we had a 1960s era Sears circular saw around the house. I discovered the saw in the workbench in the basement as a teenager. It ran so loud it was shocking. The spinning blade was...

Keeping up with the digital revolution

Keeping up with the digital revolution The digital revolution is deeply affecting the way we live, consume, work and interact with one another. Not only do companies have to revamp their operating models and adopt to a changing market environment; CIOs must also...

Too much information?

Too much information? Like many beautiful ideas, transparency is a little more complicated when it’s translated into reality. In an age when it’s normal for detailed information to be readily available to anyone who cares to look – through online customer reviews,...

Job crafting

Job crafting I once was at a thanksgiving dinner party where someone asked: “If you had 10 lives to live, in how many of them would you have kids?” It led to a really interesting conversation about what life is for. And how our decisions about life might change fairly...

Strategic job branding

Strategic job branding Our job titles say a lot about us. They are powerful symbols about who we are, what we can do, and what others can expect from us. In this sense, a job title is a brand that communicates expectations. So obviously job applicants pay a lot of...