The Reverse Interview
We all know how the typical job interview goes. The interviewee is asked a series of questions such as, “What are your skills? How long have you been...
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Redefining Business Category: Kevin Brennan, An Awesome Human
The Central West End neighborhood of St. Louis houses a great deal of retail entrepreneurial drive. Almost every kind of ethnic dish (from burgers to grasshopper tacos) is...
The Real Reason Why Productivity is Low
Our good friend, Dave Gray is featured in this fascinating article about company culture by Alexander Osterwalder. Oftentimes companies allow culture to "just happen" over time. This lack of...
The Choices We Make
“Marketing used to be what you say … now, marketing is what you do. What you make. How you act. The choices you make when you are sure...
Human-Based Leadership Rewarded: Employees Strike to Reinstate Former CEO
America’s history is marked with strikes led by under-valued workers demanding treatment as humans instead of a faceless workforce. When grocery store employees decided to strike for two...
Office Politics
The most important issue you will face at work is the one thing they never teach you: office politics. It’s often the worst criticism you can level at...
What About the Numbers?
Former Southwest Airlines founder and CEO Herbert Kelleher said, “Anyone who puts things solely in terms of factors that can be quantified is missing the heart of business:...
What’s in a name?
William Shakespeare said, "What's in a name?" It’s the sweetest sound in the world when we hear it spoken aloud. When someone speaks our name, especially in a kind...
Be Human Salon with Dave Gray
What does it mean to be a “connected” company? We explored this topic at the second Be Human Project Salon at the newly unveiled space of the bigwidesky office...
Be Human Salon: The Right Connection
A salon? That’s what my invitation says: “The Be Human Salon Featuring Special Guest Dave Gray.” Let me tell you why I’m so excited about what is, in...