• Elevating Intent Without Examining Experience: Organizational values are often rooted in inherited assumptions about how ...

A healthy organizational culture is good for business. “Companies with healthy cultures have three times greater total returns to shareholders,” McKinsey partner Brooke Weddle said in a podcast ...

On February 1, 2003, the Space Shuttle Columbia and its crew of seven were lost during return to Earth. A group of distinguished experts was appointed to comprise the Columbia Accident Investigation ...

A vibrant company culture is like a great soundtrack — it energizes your organization, draws in exceptional talent, and helps employees stay passionate about their work. But what happens when that ...

Theory on organizational culture posits that there are three layers of culture, each with their own distinctive definitions and meanings. Starting from the outside and moving inward, we first have the ...

A strategy-centered approach to change management is critical to executing organizational shifts that align with business priorities and drive impact. But because many strategic plans prioritize the ...

Organizational change requires energy. People must feel a need, either to stop doing something that they are doing or to start doing something that they aren’t doing. Organizational trauma can create ...

Success requires understanding—and measuring—the potential disconnect between the culture of an organization and the strategy under consideration. Cultures can change, but they can’t change radically ...

As so many of my fellow nonprofit leaders know, people are essential to the work we do. Those of us who choose careers in the social sector are driven by our passion and commitment to advance positive ...

Saara Liinamaa receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). University of Guelph provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation CA.