Why vertical development?

—By Carl Sanders-Edwards The world faces many complex opportunities and challenges.  For example global mobility, technology and population growth are contributing to: Social changes such as the opportunity and challenge of immigration Economic changes including...

Stretching the cultural bungee cord

—By Nick Petrie Have you worked in this type of organization? It became successful by meeting a particular customer need and found a winning, repeatable formula. Around that formula it developed a strong culture that was: siloed, technically expert, and good at...

Learning to ride

—By Carl Sanders-Edwards   A week ago our youngest daughter, Alexa, was learning to ride a bike.  In true Dad fashion, I was walking with her – nudging and holding her up.  She has good balance but it wasn’t pretty.  So I helped more – I...

Agile development I HR Examiner

Curious about how you can apply short cycle interactions as seen in manufacturing and software to leadership development? And want to know what broccoli has to do with it? Listen to the podcast interview here. 

Talking development I HR.com

Connecting with HR.com.   How do leaders learn? Taking deliberate actions that are aligned with what is important to them and their organizations, and supported by social connections / community. What’s our noble purpose? Democratizing leadership development so...

2 Ways to “Hack” Leadership Development, Silicon Valley-Style

The Leadership Development Hacks We’ve Learned from Developing Leaders in the Tech Industry The technology-driven, risk-infused, growth-obsessed world of Silicon Valley companies is different from the rest of the corporate world, our research has confirmed. We wanted...