Well, it has to be. We’re living in a world where we have to state that something is true before we say it. Why does it have to be that way? At risk of offending other people, and in the interest of being transparent (the… Read More »Why ‘Authentic’ is the Word of 2016
Co-written with John Kennedy at True Calling Canada. In a recent CBS News piece, President of the Marketing Firm Yankelovich, Jay Walker-Smith stated that the number of advertisements we see in day has gone from roughly 500 in the 1970’s to as many as 5000 a day today. What this… Read More »Why Storytelling Will Land Your Best Hire Yet
Co-written with Simon Howard of DRYVER. Millennials. Ugh. The worst, right? I mean, we all know that they can’t work, live in their parents’ basement and play xbox or watch Netflix all day, can’t hold a job, and aren’t loyal. Or was it that they are the… Read More »Why The Millennial ‘Problem’ Isn’t A Millennial Problem
Co-written with Ashley Anderson of DRYVER. Last week, it happened. The first autonomous delivery of 50,000 Budweiser was made. They traveled 120 miles from Fort Collins to Colorado Springs. Obviously an amazing feat, what does this mean for the future of jobs in in this field? Well,… Read More »What 50,000 Autonomously Delivered Beer Means For Jobs Of The Future
Co-written with Simon Howard of DRYVER. It seems to be that everywhere we look, there is a new title for a similar role. We’ve seen VP of HR, People and Culture, Happiness, and People. We’ve seen titles that have ‘Ninja’ in them, and organizations that are stripping… Read More »How The Role Of Human Resources Is Changing
Originally posted on Influencive.com We all have that friend that recently went to *insert beautiful destination here*, right? You know, that one that just got back from Rome and that THE BEST time? Or how about the one that just got back from the Gold Coast of… Read More »How The ‘Postcard Effect’ Illustrates Things Might Not Be Exactly What They Seem
The One Question We Need To Ask While Being Recruited But Don’t After working with DRYVER for a couple of years, we’ve seen a lot of questions, and asked even more. While looking at cultural optimization, and helping clients better understand that a universal best… Read More »The One Question We Need To Ask While Being Recruited But Don’t
On December 5th, Amazon released a video of what we all thought might be coming, but in fact is a lot closer than we think. Actually, it is already here. In the video that lasts less than two minutes, we see people scan into the grocery… Read More »Optimism and the Future of Jobs feat. Amazon Go
Here we are, at the end of what many have called one of the worst years in recent memory. If your social feeds look anything like mine, all we’re seeing is one negative post after the other. Perhaps this is what sells, is shared more,… Read More »What The Buzzword Of 2017 Can Be, If We Choose It To Be
With 2017 in full-swing and the world of work changing faster than it ever has before, it is no surprise that the tools we use to communicate are changing equally quickly. E-mails are dying as fast as Facebook. Slack is rising like Snapchat, and speed and… Read More »2017 Is the Year of the Online Summit: The Easiest, Cheapest Way to Provide Value and Impact
