Posts by Michael Graber
Conscious Capitalism: Conversation with Raj Sisodia, Part Two
Raj Sisodia is the Professor of Global Business, Babson College, Co-founder & Co-Chairman, Conscious Capitalism, Inc. Raj has written ten books and over 100 academic articles. Explain what you describe as the male and female modes of running a business. Capitalism had a mother and a father, and they were both embodied in the same…
Read MoreConscious Capitalism: Conversation with Selim Bassoul, CEO of Middleby
Please tell me the Middleby Definition of Conscious Capitalism. We define it as socially responsible business both locally and globally. How does Middleby use the CC model in its operations? How does it measure and report the outcomes? The hallmark of Middleby management is that we lead by example. We have a culture of very few layers and all…
Read MoreConscious Capitalism: Conversation with Raj Sisoda, Part One
Raj Sisoda is the Professor of Global Business, Babson College, Co-founder & Co-Chairman, Conscious Capitalism, Inc. Raj has written ten books and over 100 academic articles. He is the co-author (with John Mackey, co-founder, and co-CEO of Whole Foods Market) of Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business (Harvard Business Review Publishing, 2013), a New York Times and Wall…
Read MoreAnother Conscious Company: Which Wich
Describe the Vibe and how it helps the company operate. The Vibe is the positive energy that’s at the heart of our culture and courses through the veins of the Which Wich system. When I founded Which Wich, I really wanted to build a special company where every member of the team would feel like they…
Read MoreWhy do so many digital transformations fail?
According to a McKinsey and Company article cited in CIO magazine more than 70% of corporate digital transformations fail. On paper it’s an equal playing field. The failing entities have the same technology as everyone else, certainly are drowning in very big data sets, and assuredly have a large number of very bright professionals eager…
Read MoreInnovation in K-12 Education
There are many changes taking place in education. As an outward sign of this change, schools are striving to make their environments more like the “the real world,†which is to say like adult workplaces. You can see the rise of whiteboards and bean bags instead of desks, maker spaces, flex areas, collaboration zones, as…
Read MorePracticing Innovation: An Inside Job
It is a heroic adventure being an innovation practitioner. To lead an organization to where it is ready to flex its culture, business model, practices, and management style requires the types of talents and skills that only metaphors can describe: the hunting instincts of a lion, the fortitude of a buffalo, the wisdom of an…
Read MoreOnce upon a Time, in Business
In business and daily life, we are wired for stories as a species. One creation myth begins by saying God created humans because he needed good stories. Stories bind us together, creating an emotionally connected narrative through which we make sense of the world. I want to share a Here’s What I Love About My Careerstory with you.…
Read MoreHealthy Dose of Amnesia
When doing both strategic planning and innovation work the biggest hurdles are your own experiences, world-views, and knowledge of the market and players in it. Sounds odd, I understand. You’ve worked hard to come to your understanding. Still, don’t trust it. These hurdles create blind spots, biases, and fatal assumptions. Don’t believe me. Look to…
Read MoreDoing Right is Good Marketing
The vehicles of marketing have transformed more in the last 10 years than in the previous 100 years. The communication tools and methods of the Industrial Era do not work in our shared world of instant informaÂtion exchange.
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