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Posted in Acronym on Jan 30th, 2012
Thanks for including me … and for titling the post in such a way to make me think of Two by Two, one of the best songs from the Broadway hit, The Book of Mormon: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tCSRhhVO3A
- Jeffrey Cufaude
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Posted in Acronym on Jan 25th, 2012
I have a host of problems with Cain’s rambling essay in the NYT that IMHO tried to take on too much in one piece. I’m hoping her book will be better.
I think one principle that gets to your question Mark is making it a common part of the culture that individuals share works in [...]
Posted in Acronym on Jan 13th, 2012
After reading the Kreamer post and Athitakis’s post above, I find the business case for reading novels to be reasonable. Beyond storytelling, Kreamer reinforces the power of fictional characters to reveal unique insights and emotions. Unfortunately, today’s business or association executive often has a short supply of empathy (note recent occupy movements); thus, [...]
Posted in Acronym on Jan 13th, 2012
I think this is analogous to a liberal arts education, which doesn’t teach you a particular trade or skill, but does teach you how to think. I’m pretty sure the time I spend reading a TC Boyle or Jane Smiley novel is FAR better invested than putting that same time towards reading 99.8% of the [...]
Posted in Acronym on Jan 10th, 2012
This is an interesting post. It makes me think of a local women’s advocacy organization offers great programs and services for all kinds of people in need in my community. They say that their mission is twofold: to empower women by getting them on corporate boards and to eliminate discrimination in every form. [...]
Posted in Acronym on Jan 9th, 2012
Thanks Elizabeth. I think you’ve summed it up even better than I could. You’re exactly right, that healthy conflict leads to better decisions, when it’s embraced and facilitated in the right way. Researchers call healthy conflict “cognitive conflict” and the personal, political kind “affective conflict,” and Engle gets deeper into those differences in his feature [...]
Posted in Acronym on Jan 9th, 2012
I believe most diversity & inclusion research indicates that expanding the pool of decision makers produces *more* conflict in the process of making the decision, but it’s productive conflict that ultimately produces better decisions. It seems like Engle’s research would indicate that the conflict is going to come regardless, but that deferring it to after [...]
Posted in Acronym on Jan 4th, 2012
Cowen is a smart egg. One story I think many associations are having a hard time telling themselves/accepting is that they no longer are indispensable to members (if they ever were) and they are unlike to be able to become that way, despite it being in their vision statement.
We won’t like to tell ourselves [...]
Posted in Acronym on Dec 21st, 2011
Really honored to be on this list Joe – though you should have included one of your posts as well – I know you have a few that would be on my top for 2011!
- Lowell Aplebaum
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Posted in Acronym on Dec 19th, 2011
Bravo! Everyone is talking about social commerce and social media like it’s the holy grail. But it’s not unless you can use it as a smart tool. These examples are really fabulous, because these are the kinds of activities that can generate real results. A lot of people confuse volume of activity with results, when [...]
