1: It’s Saturday night. We are at a chamber music recital, listening intently as the musicians play one of Mozart’s string quartets. When they finish, we join other audience members clapping with genteel applause.
The following day, we attend an NFL football game. On a last-second play, the quarterback finds an open receiver who scores a touchdown, and our team wins the game. We leap to our feet, screaming and … continue reading
“Culture is coded wisdom.”-Wangari Maathai
1: Seen the movie City Slickers?
At the heart of this classic 1990s comedy is the relationship between Mitch, a Manhattan yuppie played by Billy Crystal, and Curly, a tough, wizened cowboy played by Jack Palance.
Curly tells Mitch, “It all comes down to one thing. You focus on that, and everything else don’t mean s#&t.”
Mitch is confused. He asks Curly … continue reading
“People can feel empowered or disempowered by the way you run things.” —A priest on the impact of managers, quoted in MIT Sloan Management Review: “What Makes Work Meaningful — Or Meaningless”
1: Getting better at getting better is what RiseWithDrew is all about.
Monday through Thursday, we explore ideas from authors, thought leaders, and exemplary organizations. On Friday, I share something about myself or what we are working … continue reading
1: Getting better at getting better is what RiseWithDrew is all about.
Monday through Thursday, we explore ideas from authors, thought leaders, and exemplary organizations. On Friday, I share something about myself or what we are working on at PCI.
Last Friday, we analyzed five factors that make our work meaningful, as Catherine Bailey and Adrian Madden outline in their article What Makes Work Meaningful — Or Meaningless in … continue reading
1: Getting better at getting better is what RiseWithDrew is all about.
Monday through Thursday, we explore ideas from authors, thought leaders, and exemplary organizations. On Friday, I share something about myself or what we are working on at PCI.
This week, we’ve been exploring ideas in Fred Kofman‘s book The Meaning Revolution. Fred believes that to be a truly successful leader, “We need to make our lives … continue reading
1: “People with targets and jobs dependent upon meeting them will probably meet the targets, even if they have to destroy the enterprise to do it,” observed W. Edwards Deming, the eminent scholar and management theorist.Â
Our “real job” is to help our company win, Fred Kofman writes in The Meaning Revolution.  “That is, to accomplish its mission profitably and ethically.”
But that’s not what we … continue reading
1: It was a brutally hot day in Las Vegas.
The conference room where the meeting was being held was freezing, however.
“The participants of my ‘Conscious Business’ workshop pulled their jackets tight and grimaced. They weren’t just cold; they were pissed off,” Fred Kofman writes in The Meaning Revolution: The Power of Transcendent Leadership.
“They looked at me icily,” Fred remembers. “I’ve been in situations like this many … continue reading
1: New year. New us.
That’s a possibility. But what precisely are we going to do differently?
One of my big learnings last year was around the power of intrinsic motivators.
We often set goals where our reward is getting a promotion or a raise. Or being recognized for winning a game. These are examples of extrinsic motivators. Things outside of us.
There’s nothing wrong with extrinsic motivation. But the … continue reading
1: Getting better at getting better is what RiseWithDrew is all about.
Monday through Thursday, we explore ideas from authors, thought leaders, and exemplary organizations. On Friday, I share something about myself or what we are working on at PCI.
To build a great place to work, one of the most impactful levers we have is the power of purpose.
Question: Why should we care about the meaning in … continue reading
1: Getting better at getting better is what RiseWithDrew is all about.
Monday through Thursday, we explore ideas from authors, thought leaders, and exemplary organizations. On Friday, I share something about myself or what we are working on at PCI.
Last month and here: we explored the strategic importance of being a great place to work.
Where do we start if our goal is to create a dynamic … continue reading
