Organizational Culture

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This Is An Inspired Action At Work

Apr 13, 20212 min read

Self Awareness in the Workplace

In an era when soft skills are either non existent or rarely practiced because of pandemic related remote workplace, something crucial...

Mergers: A divergence of culture during a convergence of assets

Lori Gertz, RScP

Mar 4, 20213 min read

Mergers: A divergence of culture during a convergence of assets

Did your company or do you know of a company that consolidated as a means of sustaining themselves through the pandemic? Perhaps you know...

Nurturing Organizational Culture in a time of Remote Work

Lori Gertz, RScP

Jan 23, 20213 min read

Nurturing Organizational Culture in a time of Remote Work

Author of The Invisible Advantage: How to Create a Culture of Innovation, Soren Kaplan, defines culture as "the norms and values that...

Change vs Transformation: The not so subtle difference

Lori Gertz, RScP

Jan 21, 20212 min read

Change vs Transformation: The not so subtle difference

The difference between change and transformation can never be illustrated as perfectly as the change of guard in our nation’s capital...

Remote Work: Does it serve or erode autonomy?

Lori Gertz, RScP

Jan 18, 20213 min read

Remote Work: Does it serve or erode autonomy?

In 2017, researchers from the University of Birmingham studied 2 years’ worth of data on 20,000 workers to determine the effects of...

Kate Arbit

Dec 18, 20203 min read

The Importance of Company Culture

" I decided to stop chasing money, and start chasing the passion" Tony Hsieh, Former CEO Zappos There is a lot of talk about company...

Unravelling hindsight Bias, AKA the “I knew it all along” phenom

Lori Gertz, RScP

Nov 19, 20202 min read

Unravelling hindsight Bias, AKA the “I knew it all along” phenom

“It is easy to be wise after the event” —Sherlock Holmes Does happiness come from knowing the truth or from preserving illusions? From...

Perception Determines Reality: Responding to Workplace Toxicity

Lori Gertz, RScP

Nov 17, 20203 min read

Perception Determines Reality: Responding to Workplace Toxicity

Our perceptions are our reality and at the same time the sum of our individual experiences. Hence, how some people perform at their peak...

Kate Arbit

Nov 2, 20202 min read

Is it Possible to Have More Time?

Most of the time we feel there aren't enough hours in the day to accomplish all that needs to be done. Working from home has its ups and...

Lori Gertz, RScP

Oct 24, 20203 min read

Organizational Survivors Guilt

Survivors guilt is real. Could it be affecting your company’s ROI? It’s a time of great confusion, chaos and reinvention. Large swaths of...

Kate Arbit

Oct 14, 20202 min read

Ditch the Drama

Remember the days when "drama" ruled our world. It was about friends, dating, gossip, school and work. Remember when most of us used to...

Lori Gertz, RScP

Oct 11, 20203 min read

What is Sympathetic Resonance?

Yeh. I feel you. Have you ever walked into a meeting positive and clear and without warning, felt like you hit a wall of something that...

Kate Arbit

Sep 11, 20202 min read

If You Don't Use it, You've Lost it!!!

In the last decade I have personally witnessed what appears to be a management culture shock in the advertising community. What I mean...

Your Workplace Culture: Who created it and how?

Lori Gertz, RScP

Sep 2, 20201 min read

Your Workplace Culture: Who created it and how?

Historically, many allow their workplace culture to fall into its own rhythm, without shaping it for what would be ideal, what those who...

Lori Gertz, RScP

Sep 1, 20201 min read

The key impacts to Workplace Culture

Many people ask, with a true compassionate yearning to know, HOW do I assess my workplace and where do I start if I aspire to nurture a...

All This Growth Mindset Talk...Why is it so Important?

Kate Arbit

Aug 21, 20202 min read

All This Growth Mindset Talk...Why is it so Important?

Over the past year I've been reading and listening to podcasts on the "Growth Mindset". This is not a new concept, rather one that has...

How is Autonomy achieved through alignment with a Company’s culture?

Lori Gertz, RScP

Aug 13, 20202 min read

How is Autonomy achieved through alignment with a Company’s culture?

I’m sure we’ve all had that one cheerleader of a manager at one point in our career, I can’t be the only one. One holiday, the department...

How do you shift Bias when there is virtually no way to measure it?

Lori Gertz, RScP

Aug 11, 20201 min read

How do you shift Bias when there is virtually no way to measure it?

How do you shift Bias when there is virtually no way to measure it? The fact is you don't because if you have a brain you're...

Making Decisions with Limited and Imperfect Information

Lori Gertz, RScP

Aug 11, 20205 min read

Making Decisions with Limited and Imperfect Information

This article was adapted from Prof. M.S. Rao’s book, 21 Success Sutras for CEOs Article Author: Professor M.S. Rao, Ph.D., Founder, MSR...

Mindset Transformation necessary to Manage a Purposeful Workplace

Lori Gertz, RScP

Aug 10, 20203 min read

Mindset Transformation necessary to Manage a Purposeful Workplace

When in need, Google's got it. I just finished reading an excellent article on the demystification of good management skills as supported...

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