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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...
Lori Gertz, RScP
Dec 15, 20202 min read
Reimagining Leadership: When the Sh%^ hits the Fan
When something goes wrong at your organization, how is it handled? Is the stakeholder taking responsibility for the mistake admonished...
Lori Gertz, RScP
Dec 9, 20206 min read
PBS Tackles Happiness In 'This Emotional Life' (An oldie but a goodie)
Reposted ~ NPR/KPBS - This Emotional Life: Understanding Happiness January 4, 2010. 6:00 AM ET Heard on Morning Edition Daniel Gilbert...
Kate Arbit
Nov 30, 20203 min read
Expectations, Habits & Resilience
Human beings are creatures of habit, and we are resilient. However, when change happens many of us don't know how to handle it, some...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
Lori Gertz, RScP
Aug 4, 20202 min read
Humanity before Formulaic Leadership Strategy
In his book Stakeholder Theory: The State of the Art, researcher Ed Freeman describes a business’s relationships with stakeholders this...
Lori Gertz, RScP
Aug 4, 20201 min read
Do you relate?
There are three ways that your employees can relate to the culture of your organization. They can confront, complain, or conform. When a...
Lori Gertz, RScP
Aug 3, 20202 min read
Ten for Ten: How to Find Organizational balance in a precedent setting Global Crisis
The book Political Risk: How Businesses and Organizations Can Anticipate Global Insecurity*, was specifically written to facilitate...
Lori Gertz, RScP
Jul 31, 20203 min read
Acute Crisis in the Workplace: Erosion of the psychological contract made with internal stakeholders
It's been a hell of a week in the world of crisis inside the world of media and communications. Amid the pandemic and the controversy...
Lori Gertz, RScP
Jul 27, 20208 min read
What is Workplace toxicity?
This is an edited excerpt from an article that originally appeared 5/21/19 on Knowledge at Wharton The article can be accessed in its...
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