“You don’t have an option to pay attention to (office) politics if you want to excel,” organizational psychologist and coach Dr. Jennifer Wisdom explained in Read more →
Hire The Outliers: What Else We Can Learn From Megan Rapinoe
U.S. women’s soccer team wave to the crowd as their float makes it way up Broadway in New York City. Getty What if U.S. Women’s Soccer had not hired Rapinoe because she was just too “different”? Would they still be repeat World Cup...
Diversity Tactics & Microsoft Innovation – Mary Snapp, Microsoft CVP & Philanthropies CEO
“It would be a mistake to think that computer scientists only need to know how to code, because…ethics and privacy issues are so important. (Therefore) understanding a little bit about history and humanity will be really important as we move into these new...
Boost Your Community’s Resilience – Karen Lightman, Exec. Director, Metro21 Smart Cities Institute, Carnegie Mellon U.
“You have to start with empowering people at the local level…You’ve got to do a combination of bottom up and top down…Everything is interconnected.” Karen Lightman on Green Connections Radio A community in Pittsburgh was alarmed by the high rate of asthma...
10 Real Life Career Tips From The Women Rule Summit
Politico’s Women Rule Summit 2018, panel with (l to r) Shawna Thomas of Vice, Cristina Shapiro of Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women, Olivia Milch of “Oceans 8,” and Rhonda Foxx, Chief of Staff to Congresswoman Alma AdamsJoan Michelson You know you’ve...
Go For The Outliers – Top 10 Tips For Driving Diversity In STEM
Women are only 4.8% of the S&P 500 and only 5% of Fortune 500 CEOs, down from 6.4% in 2017 What will it take for the Fortune 500 C-level and other senior levels to match the population – and their customer bases? Mellody Hobson spoke truth to power at the New York...About Joan Bryna Michelson
Joan Bryna Michelson, MBA is an award-winning business and communications leader, public speaker and host of the acclaimed podcast series, Green Connections Radio™... Read More
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Hire The Outliers: What Else We Can Learn From Megan Rapinoe
What if U.S. Women’s Soccer had not hired Rapinoe because she was just too “different”? Would they still be repeat World Cup Champions? In a recent Boston Consulting Group survey of senior executives, 76% “listed innovation as a ‘top-three’ strategic priority—the highest level in the survey’s history,” which goes back to 2004. And yet, “77% of CEOs find it difficult to get the creativity and innovation skills they need,” according to a recent PwC survey. Why the disconnect? They keep hiring the wrong people! Read more →
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Reviews of “The Superwoman and Other Writings by Miriam Michelson” by Lori Harrison-Kahan, Ph.D.
Dr. Harrison-Kahan’s terrific book on Joan’s great-great aunt, suffrage reporter and fiction writer Miriam Michelson, “The Superwoman and Other Writings of Miriam Michelson,“ drew great Read more →