by Carla Johnson | Sep 14, 2021 | Business, C-Suite, Corporate Culture, Employee Engagement, Innovation
September 14, 2021 Picture yourself in a parking lot packed full of cars in a downpour. You’re hauling five overstuffed bags in each hand, and you can feel the handles start to give from the dampness. You’re in a sea of bobbing umbrellas and rain jackets, but you...
by Carla Johnson | Apr 9, 2020 | Corporate Culture, Employee Engagement, Innovation
April 9, 2020 There’s a scene in the Apollo 13 moviewhen the services module’s No.2 oxygen tank exploded and No.1 tank failed. The explosion forced the mission’s astronauts, Jim Lovell, Fred Haise and Jack Swigert, to abandon the command module and squeeze into the...
by Carla Johnson | Feb 14, 2019 | Business, Change Management, Employee Engagement, Innovation
February 14, 2019 It’s not easy to create an innovation track record like Amazon or Google. But companies that hope to outperform their competitors and shake up their industries are pouring money into innovation programs – labs, hubs and design thinking...
by Carla Johnson | Apr 19, 2018 | Corporate Culture, Employee Engagement, Internal Communications
April 19, 2018 by Michelle M. Smith The shift has been palpable. I noticed it first during the Great Recession. After years (decades!) trying to convince senior executives their employees were invaluable assets – and often the most direct route to successfully...
by Carla Johnson | Apr 3, 2018 | Corporate Culture, Employee Engagement
April 3, 2018 by Michelle Smith If only there were a silver bullet for leaders…. Most leaders are constantly seeking the ultimate solution to build strong cultures, raise performance levels and operate at maximum efficiency and effectiveness. And there are many...
by Carla Johnson | Feb 27, 2018 | Corporate Communications, Corporate Culture, Employee Engagement, Internal Communications, Leadership
February 27, 2018 by Michelle M. Smith The business world has had a long-standing love/hate relationship with hierarchy. Hierarchy determines who gets to decide what and where the information flows, which allows us to focus our attention on other aspects of running...
