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How the Best Place of Work Became A State of Mind

Great Leadership By Dan

Gue st post from Jonas Altman : Matt Mullenweg’s company had a plush office at Pier 38 in San Francisco’s Embarcadero. In some ways, COVID waved a magic wand, enabling many employees to change their work environments overnight. JONAS ALTMAN is the author SHAPERS : Reinvent the Way You Work and Change the Future (Wiley, Sept 2020).

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Sleepless in Silicon Valley: What Keeps CEOs Up At Night

HR Digest

L-R): Anthony Horton, Chris McCarthy, Stephanie Neal In a recent interview, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman revealed a startling confession: the architect of ChatGPT, a revolutionary language model capable of holding nuanced conversations and generating creative text formats, often struggles to sleep. times more likely to trust their leaders.

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Ditch ‘Change Fatigue’ and Embrace Continual Evolution

Center for Creative Leadership

It morphs right along with the company’s competitive environment and objectives.” David Altman, our COO, argues for giving leaders and employees a short, sharp shock: In effect, “If you think change is constant now, then you ain’t seen nothing yet.”. … Culture isn’t a final destination. 4 Steps to Overcoming Change Fatigue.

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Thought-full Thursday: Appreciative Leadership

Persuasive Powerhouse

Louise Altman : September 9, 2010 at 5:36 pm Hi Mary Jo, You know what is so important about using Appreciative Inquiry – we now know from the latest neuroscience research that every time we acknowledge what works, what is positive, we are activating the pleasure part of our brains. We’re a great society of problem solvers.

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The Comfort Zone… It Isn't Always Dangerous | You're Not the Boss.

You're Not the Boss of Me

Wikipedia defines The Comfort Zone as, “ the set of environments and behaviours with which somebody is comfortable, without creating a sense of risk.” This perspective suggests neutral territory. Judith Bardwick , who wrote Danger in the Comfort Zone (first published in 1991), refers to it as a place where our sense of entitlement hangs out.

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How to Make Sure People Won’t Hate Your New Open Office Plan

Harvard Business Review

Organizations are rushing to implement open office spaces in hopes of retaining talent, encouraging cross-functional collaboration, enhancing exposure to different kinds of expertise, and accelerating creativity and innovation. Sometimes this works, but often it doesn’t. I think the [positive] attitude should come from the managers.”