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From time to time, Dan waxes lyrical on this page about various leadership concepts. He might even announce something cool that has happened to him. See below.
My Rules For Life – Dan Pontefract
Work-Life Bloom Named One of Thinkers50’s Top Management Books of 2024
Gold Medal Win for ‘Work-Life Bloom’
CHEK News Interview: Work-Life Balance is a Myth
Coffee Badging: Another Low In Corporate Culture
Reflections on Leadership Via U2 at the Sphere
From Buzzwords to Bloom: A Fresh Perspective on Work and Life
First Review: Work-Life Bloom
In Bloom – The Poem
The Trust Factor: A Prerequisite for a Blooming Work and Life
Work-Life BLOOM July Playlist: The Ballads of Slow and Low – Part I
Shaping Positivity in the Workplace: Revamping Corporate Jargon for a More Unified Tomorrow
Work-Life BLOOM June Playlists: Acoustic Gems From All Walks Of Life – Part I and II
Work-Life BLOOM MAY Playlists: Dan’s Hip Hop Dream List + Songs That Surprisingly Kick Ass
Work-Life BLOOM April Playlists: The Beatles & Classic ’80s 12″ Remixes Throwback (Vol 2)
I Fed ChatGPT-4 The Entire Manuscript Of My Upcoming Book: Then I Asked To Compare It To Other Leadership Books
I Asked ChatGPT4 To Summarize My Four Books. It Took 28 Seconds.
Introducing the Work-Life BLOOM Playlists
How Effort Troughs And Open Dialogue Can Help Prevent Burnout
Chatting About Regrets With Daniel Pink
An Ocean Full Of Leadership Absurdity
Toxic Workplaces Are So Revolting. What Can You Do?
The Ongoing Struggle for Work-Life Balance
Introducing Work-Life Bloom: How to Nurture a Team That Flourishes
Price Drop To $79: Order the Lead. Care. Win. Leadership Course
Frankly, Life Can Be So Shitty
Measuring Work-life Integration: How To Effectively Assess Your Balance In Work And Life
My Summer 2022 Playlist
My Conversation With Arianna Huffington: Humanity-First
26% Of Executives Are Depressed, 40% Overwhelmed
Behind The Scenes Of A Toxic Workplace
Do You Live To Work?
In Conversation With Michael Bungay Stanier, Author of “How To Begin”
Will Face-to-Face Meetings Become Power Tripping Extravaganzas?
The Name Of The New Game Is Horizontal Skilling
It’s Okay To Admit That You Struggle
50 Songs For My 50 Years Of Life
Management Musings: Episode 7 – My Four Most Loathed Terms at Work
Management Musings: Episode 6 – 4D Self Management Model
Management Musings: Episode 5 – Workplace Personas
Management Musings: Episode 4 – Two Alarming Workplace Trends
On Corporate Language
Standing Up Against White Male Myopia
Employees Are A Bit Like Astronauts In Space Right Now
Management Musings: Episode 3 – Corporate Culture Weather Forecast
I Still Can’t Believe I Travelled Week of March 8, 2020
Management Musings: Episode 2 – Free Agents in the Workplace
Management Musings: Episode 1 – Work From Home Mental Health Issues
Creative Ways To Have Fun With Your Team From Home
What are you doing right now to redesign your place of work before employees return to the building?
Who Really Is In Charge Of The New Look Office?
The Great Office Real Estate Contraction Is Upon Us
What’s The Deal With ‘Pick Your Brain’ Meetings?
3 Ways To Become More Caring In The Pandemic
Thank You To The Clients Who Hired Me In 2020
Thank You To The Readers Of LEAD. CARE. WIN.
Win 1 Of 50 Free Copies Of LEAD. CARE. WIN. For #GivingTuesday
My 16-Hour Online Leadership Program Is Now Available
Now Available: LEAD. CARE. WIN. Online Learning Course Outlines
Yesterday I Did Three Things For The Very First Time…
How I Conduct Keynotes From Home
My Music Playlist In Honour Of Eddie Van Halen
Why I Wrote LEAD. CARE. WIN.
DAN READS! LESSON #9: Champion Others – LEAD. CARE. WIN. EXCERPT
DAN READS! LESSON #8: Commit to Balance – LEAD. CARE. WIN. EXCERPT
DAN READS! LESSON #7: Command Clarity – LEAD. CARE. WIN. EXCERPT
WIN 1 OF 10 SIGNED COPIES OF LEAD. CARE. WIN.
Behind The Scenes Look of the LEAD. CARE. WIN. Learning Program
DAN READS! LESSON #6: Dare to Share – LEAD. CARE. WIN. EXCERPT
DAN READS! LESSON #5: Embrace Change – LEAD. CARE. WIN. EXCERPT
DAN READS! LESSON #4: REMAIN CURIOUS – LEAD. CARE. WIN. EXCERPT
Dan Reads! Lesson #3: Stay Present – LEAD. CARE. WIN. Excerpt
The Cheat Sheet For LEAD. CARE. WIN.
Dan Reads! Lesson #2: Play for Meaning – LEAD. CARE. WIN. Excerpt
Dan Reads! Lesson #1: Be Relatable – LEAD. CARE. WIN. Excerpt
The Nonsense That Is Apple’s New Work From Home Video Ad
Announcing Three Free Virtual Book Launch Events for LEAD. CARE. WIN.
Ask Dan: What Is The Right Leadership Balance Between Short-Term Crises And Our Long-Term Vision?
It’s Not The New Normal. Think Of It As The Great Reset.
An Apology To Public Enemy’s Chuck D
The Incongruity Of Facebook’s So-Called Core Values
TELUS CEO Darren Entwistle Demonstrates How Companies Can Operate With Purpose
I See You (a poem for a pandemic)
Meet Some Of The Behind-The-Scene Leaders Doing Great Things During The Pandemic
Ask Dan: Any Advice For Leaders Leading Teams Related To The Pandemic?
Announcing My Free (or chip in!) Basics On Working From Home Toolkit
Announcing My Free (or by donation) Remote Leadership Toolkit
Since 2008 I’ve Worked From Home. Here Are 5 Helpful Tips.
An Open Letter To The CEOs Of High Tech And Telecom Regarding COVID-19
How To Lead Remote Employees In The Wake Of COVID-19
Five Learning Moments After a Year Working For Myself
An Easy Way To Fix The Business Roundtable’s Toothless Purpose Statement
My Interview With Paul Jarvis, Author Of “Company Of One”
Dan Pontefract September 2019 Music Playlist (When You Have The Blues)
The Noble Acts Of Compassion From Bianca Andreescu And Naomi Osaka
Dan Pontefract August 2019 Music Playlist (Homage to the Beatles)
Stop Hiding Behind Executive Assistants To Lead
Dan Pontefract July 2019 Music Playlist (for lovers of hip-hop)
Book Review: Winners Take All
Dan Pontefract June 2019 Playlist (for myself, it’s my birthday!)
The Untapped Potential Of The Middle Manager
Dan Pontefract May 2019 Playlist (for the 80’s weirdos)
A&W Chose Purpose. I Chose It For Dinner.
Tiger Woods: What An Incredible Story Of Resilience
Book Review: The Good Fight
Podcast: How Do You Want To Be Known When You Leave The Room?
Boeing’s Attitude Reminds Us Of The Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster
The Sorry State Of Wells Fargo Continues
Dan Pontefract April 2019 Playlist (for the weirdos)
This High-Tech Company Is Using Artificial Intelligence To Hire, Fire And Promote Employees
Qantas Airways CEO Delivers A Great Example Of Love-Based Leadership
I’m Raising A 13-Year-Old Boy And It’s F*&^ing Hard
Dan Pontefract March 2019 Playlist (for Claire and Cate)
Video: The Importance Of The Little Things
Purpose-Driven Companies Outperform The Financial Markets By 42 Percent
Video: Doc Rivers, Champion Of Being Human
Podcast: Helping Others In Times Of Need
When Our Values Run Counter To Our Employer
Isn’t CEO Activism Simply Doing What’s Right?
Why I Love Netflix’s Decision-Making Culture
Podcast: What’s The Definition Of Love As A Leader?
$6 trillion In Assets And This CEO Says Purpose Is The Company’s Fundamental Reason For Being
Dan Pontefract February 2019 Playlist (for the lovers)
Podcast: Are You Empathetic? Shame On You If Not.
My Big Beef With The Term “Soft Skills”
Podcast: Time After Time, The Importance Of Time
A Proven Way To Be A Better Sales Account Executive
Podcast: Are You Recognizing Your People?
Dan Pontefract January 2019 Playlist (homage to Peaky Blinders)
Executive Assistants Are The Real Heroes
Podcast: Executive Assistants Are The Epitome Of Class
Big News! I’m Leaving TELUS (sorta) And Going Solo
Highlights From The 2018 Global Peter Drucker Forum
Did GM Have To Fire 14,000 People?
Three Ways To Take Back Control Of Your Time
Dan Pontefract December 2018 Playlist (Christmas Edition)
My TEDx Talk About The Importance Of Purpose
Here’s Why I Love The Beatles’ ‘White Album’ Even More (Hint: It’s About Their Preparation)
Elephants Have Long Memories. So Should You.
In Con Text
Dan Pontefract November 2018 Playlist (for MRHM)
The Lessons Of Customer Service And Culture From Apple’s Angela Ahrendts
The Five Rules Of Managing Up
So, Now What?
Employees Have Become So Busy They Have Given Up On Learning
Win 1 Of 5 Signed Copies Of OPEN TO THINK
A Reader’s OPEN TO THINK Question About Critical Thinking & Students
What I Learned From My Emergency Gallbladder Surgery
Dan’s Latest Irregular Newsletter (with free goodies)
New Big Think Video: How To Stop Being So Busy
The Critical Importance Of Being Focused With High Energy
Distractedness Is Quickly Becoming The Organization’s Top Issue
Dan Pontefract October 2018 Playlist (for Gord Downie)
Effective Leaders Operate Like This
Technology Was Supposed To Save Us. It Hasn’t.
Dan Pontefract September 2018 Playlist
“Fail Fast, Fail Often” Often Fails, Fast
The Three-Legged Stool Of Any Leaders Authentic Purview
The Link Between Creative Thinking And Your Time
Everything Is Urgent! Everything Is Urgent! Everything Is Urgent!
The People That Made OPEN TO THINK Come Alive
Now Available: Paperback Versions of FLAT ARMY and THE PURPOSE EFFECT
What John Lennon Taught Me About Thinking
Word Cloud: OPEN TO THINK
Dan Pontefract August 2018 Playlist
The Essential Creative Thinking Questions To Ask Yourself
Sneak Peek Audio Clip of OPEN TO THINK
Three Strategies To Improve Your Creative Thinking
The Corporate World’s Worst Phrase: Do More With Less
By 2020 You Better Be Able To Problem Solve, Act Creatively, And Think Critically
Dan Pontefract June 2018 Playlist
The Lost Trust Of Millennials With Big Business
Analyzing The Starbucks Training Plan Devoted To Racial-Bias
Book Review: Friend of a Friend
Dan Pontefract May 2018 Playlist
Has Tech Forgotten About Ethics?
The Three Attributes President Obama Wants You To Demonstrate
My Latest TED: We Are Losing The Ability To Think
Artificial Intelligence Might Help Both Employees And Employers
Dan Pontefract April 2018 Playlist
4-Minute Video Overview of OPEN to THINK
The Sedin Twins Taught Us To Be Better Humans
Dan Pontefract March 2018 Playlist
Our Problems Compound When We Forget The Importance Of Time
Fear Not
You Can Now Pre-Order OPEN to THINK, Dan Pontefract’s Next Book, Releasing September 11
Dan Pontefract February 2018 Playlist
For The Love Of
The Easiest Ways To Create Disengaged Employees
So It’s Been About Behaviour All This Time?
It’s Time To Bring The Gig Economy To Employees
Books To Devour By Nilofer Merchant, Roger Martin, Jennifer Riel and Daniel Pink
The Cognitive Era Is Cool But I’d Like To See The Human Era First
(K)NOW WHEN
Corporate Social Responsibility Is Not Your Organization’s Purpose
News From Dan – November, 2017
How Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups Explains Culture, Purpose & Employee Engagement
Goodbye, Gord
Respect Is The Starting Point For Society
For Democracy To Thrive, Openness Must Prevail
Dear CEO
Musings On Collaboration, Cooperation and Coordination
Sadly, The Importance Of Importance Is Now What’s Most Important
Five Leadership Tips For Uber’s New CEO
Collaboration Is Not Just A Technology. It’s A Behavior.
Facebook And Apple CEOs Ask Us To Serve Humanity. Will We?
L E A D E R S H I P
An Engaged Culture Improves Performance, Not The Other Way Around
One Year Later Is Purpose Winning?
Fifteen Years After My MBA
Why I Removed A Recent Post
Sweet Spot Synergy
Rotman Management Magazine Interview
Book Review: The Neo-Generalist
On Being Human
Tic Tac Oh Oh
Win A Signed Copy Of “THE PURPOSE EFFECT”
Four Key Actions To Change Your Organization’s Purpose
No Carrie Fisher, Don’t Rest In Peace
Magnanimous: The Word of 2017
Video: The Purpose Mindset of Gord Downie
This IBM Employee Quit Her Job. I Commend Her For Doing So.
A Shared Letter to Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly
If You Stop Learning You Lose The Chance To Be Entrepreneurial
In Progress
When Breath Becomes Air: Required Reading For People Seeking Purpose
Trump Presidency Lesson Plan
The Eye Chart Analogy Of Corporate Org Charts
That Laugh
Metaphors on Mission
How To Build A Truly Purpose-Driven Company Through The Example Of Stocksy
650,000 Words Later
The Blackberry Verdict Is Not Surprising
Greenwashing Your Way To Employee Disengagement
Wow, Did I Ever Fail On This One. But I Learned A Lot, Too.
Nine Tricky Questions And Nine Honest Answers Regarding Purpose
Has Wells Fargo’s CEO Forgotten How To Lead?
Coming September 27, An Addendum to The Purpose Effect
A Look Inside Letterman’s Staff Redefining Their Purpose After The Show Ended
My Long Weekend Of Hope And Inspiration
The Critical Importance Of Defining Your Purpose
My (Re) View Of That Night In Kingston
Him? Here? Now? No.
Gord Downie May Be The Best High School Teacher I Never Had
“It’s a great time to be an artist, a poet, in this the decline of the human empire.”
Why I’m Currently Only Writing About Gord and the Hip
That Time I Was Ambushed By Gord Downie
Gord Downie and the New Marathon of Hope
How I Learned To Think Out Loud Through The Tragically Hip’s Live Concerts
Canada’s Poet Laureate, Gord Downie
Evolution of the Chief Learning Officer
Download Chapter 1 of “The Purpose Effect” For Free
A Shooting Dallas Star
A Few Easy Steps For Entrepreneurs To Take To Enact A Higher Purpose
The Purpose Effect Scorecard
How I Nearly Ruined My Personal Purpose
“The Inevitability of Death”
How Are Your Book Sales?
The Purpose Effect Launch Party
And The Winners Of A Free Book Are …
The Graphic That Started My Journey Researching Purpose Three Years Ago
Three Tough Questions Answered About Purpose
Inspiring CEO Quotes About A Higher Purpose
It’s Not So Hard To Be A Little More Cooperative
Can We Truly Be Happy At Work?
Lo-Tech Talk #4: The Sweet Spot of Purpose
When Death Stares At You, Hinting Your Career Was A Scam
Lo-Tech Talk #3: Organizational Purpose
Book Excerpt: The Purpose Effect
Lo-Tech Talk #2: The Leaders Guide to The Purpose Effect
Why I Wrote “The Purpose Effect” Book
The Purpose Effect Book Endorsers
Lo-Tech Talk #1: Introduction to Personal Purpose
Purple Reign
The Electrocardiogram of Purpose
A 72,000 Word Cloud
Free Download of Chapter 1 – The Purpose Effect
The CEO That Was Out Of Touch
Book Review: Originals by Adam Grant
Full Book Jacket Cover Released for The Purpose Effect
When Celebrity Trumps Sanity
My Latest TEDxTalk “How Schools Can Save Companies From Collapsing”
Do You Work With A Bully? #PinkShirtDay
Sheri Quit Her Job And Regained Her Purpose Sweet Spot
I Learned A Lot At My First-Ever F***Up Nights
If There Is No Trust Or Joy At Work There Is A Low Chance For Purpose
Defining A Leader’s Duty Of Care
The Coming Listicle Apocalypse (Or … Six Ways Listicles Are Taking Over)
STRETCH Is An Excellent Book To Help You With Tomorrow’s Workplace
Why I Teach
Rey & Finn of Star Wars Docked 40% On Year-End Performance Review
In Victim
What Is A Friend?
Purpose: The Word of 2016
Thank You 2015
Is Your Corporate Culture The Root Cause Of Bad Meetings?
The Black Friday Shopping Flowchart
Building Your Headquarters To Boost Employee Engagement
To The Establishment
A Lesson On Balancing Purpose With Profit
We Can Put The Word ‘Can’ Back In Canada
Lessons In Culture From United Airlines
Automation For The People
A Whole Lotta Learning And Love
Humans Should Aim To Be The Next Us
Sophomore Blues Sabbatical
“Oh, you’re one of those. You want to work anywhere, anytime.”
I’m Showing My Work … My Next Book Is Postponed
Taylor Swift and Apple Demonstrate How You Work Things Out In The Open
I Missed My 25th High School Reunion That Never Was
Calling Frederic Laloux Of Reinventing Organizations
If Your Enterprise Social Network Is A Ghost Town It’s Probably Due To Your Corporate Culture
Leadership Lessons From Late Night King David Letterman
Did Zappos Just Ruin Their Culture Or Is It A Brilliant Org Redesign?
100 Years Ago Today, In Flanders Fields
Book Review: WORK RULES: Insights From Inside Google
There Is Nothing Wrong With The Term ‘Company Culture’
When Power Overthrows Common Sense
Please Don’t Let There Be Anonymity After Death
In Answer To Your Questions About FLAT ARMY
Montreal’s Three Wise Men
Corporate Culture in a Venn Diagram
Waxing Lyrical On Leadership, Engagement, Purpose & Innovation
Do You Take The Time?
A New Hero of Mine, Alfredo Moser
Stack Ranking the Robots
What I Learned About The Stigma Of My Stigma
The Real Beauty In Leadership Happens By Going Above And Beyond
The Strength Of A Leader Comes From The Tree Trunk
The Roots of Becoming a More Effective Leader
The Collateral Damage of Selfish Leadership
Conation: The Word of 2015
In 2015, Will I …
We May Not Always
What Should The Title Of My Next Book Be?
How Not to Tweet if You’re a Television Station
The Great Transformation of the Organization Still Needs the How
My Hopes for the Drucker Forum #gpdf14
Alarming Trends in CIPD Employee Outlook Survey
When Euan and Dan Keynote Together at #HRtecheurope
O Canada My Canada
How TELUS Engages Employees Through Pervasive Learning
In Honour of Ada Lovelace
Perhaps the Purpose of an Organization?
Three Types of Workplace Mindsets
The Tree Hugger
Try Implementing Flexible Work Options to Increase Employee Engagement
Docking Employee Pay to Improve Their Skills is Dubious if not Dumb
Reflecting on Potential Workplace Trends
The Write MOOC Stuff
For every fall there is a spring in our step
Apple CEO Tim Cook and his Moment of Open Culture
A 20-minute Talk About Collaborative Leadership
How B Corps Just Might Eliminate the Foolishness of Maximizing Shareholder Return
Rethinking Approaches to Corporate Learning
Two Very Incredible & Courageous Women
My Definition of Work and an Update on Book Two
The ABC’s of Collaboration
10 Insights to Create a Connected and Engaged Organization
An Ode to Hierarchy
The Volkswagen Commercial That Depicts a Backwards Workplace
Flat Army CSTD Keynote as Art
A Twitter Conversation With Myself About Culture and Cetaceans
Internet Activities Do NOT Affect Adolescence Development
Q&A on the Future of Social, Mobile and eLearning
Talent Development Isn’t Just About Training
My Purpose
When Life Flashes Before Your Eyes
Amidst Uncertainty the Inuksuk Surfaces
Hierarchy for the Sake of Hierarchy is Simply Being Gutless
Employee Access to Social Media in the Workplace Decreases
Take a Chance on You
What I Learned From My Daughter About Decision Making
LinkedIn Skills – Useful or Useless?
Why I’d Work With Google’s Laszlo Bock (one day)
Who Am I? Who I Am.
My Next Role Is …
Goodbye Team of Five Years
Leisure
Whose Job Is Leadership, Anyway?
Let’s Stop Penalizing the Dreamers
Lessons Learned From a First Time Author
The Leadership Collapse of Manchester United
Maybe We Should Be More Like a Fridge at Work
Instead of Inbox Zero, How About Outbox Zero
Today I Wear Pink for Workplace Bullying
How to ‘Take One for the Team’
Jerry Seinfeld Lampoons the Mobile Phone and Communication
Reflecting on the State of Enterprise 2.0 as an Organizational Culture Change Agent
LinkedIn is not Facebook so Please Think Twice About Your Updates
Dear Mister Dylan Benson, you are the Definition of Class
Can Humanism Replace Capitalism?
Which Type of Stonemason Are You?
The First Step To Improving Employee Engagement Is To Connect With Your Team
Great Work Interview – Flat Army & Michael Bungay Stanier
The Simple Act of Trusting
Holacracy Is Not The Answer To Your Employee Disengagement Issues
Communitas: The Word of 2014
In 2014, I Will …
Dan Pontefract 2013 Year in Review Infographic
Favourite Posts of 2013 That I Wrote & Published
Favourite Books of 2013 That I Read
Favourite Posts and Articles of 2013 That I Read
The TED of all Leadership Management Conferences – A Review of the Drucker Forum 2013
Video Review of Drucker Forum 2013
Flat Army on the Back of a (Digital) Napkin
Drucker Forum – Video Update #3 – Day 1 Afternoon/Evening Update
Drucker Forum – Video Update #2 – Day 1 Morning Keynotes
Drucker Forum – Video Update #1 – Conference Overview
A Review of “How To Be Interesting” While Sitting Beside a Drunk on an Airplane
After Five Years In My Role We’re Hiring My Replacement. Are You Interested?
Dear C-Suite: We Don’t Do Training Anymore
The Hierarchy of Education
Visual Depiction of a Connected and Engaged Organization
A Review of SAP Jam
Rethinking the Work of Leadership
Selling Yourself & Your Ideas is the New 20 Percent Time
Coaching Should Be An Expectation Of All Connected Leaders
Clowning Around – An Important Leadership Attribute
Kudos Jacques Godin, an Engaged Air Canada Employee
In 5 Minutes Louis C.K. Nailed Behavioural Malfunctions in a Connected World
Flat Army Book Excerpt: Organizational Learned Helplessness
Is Facebook a Narcissistic Walled Garden?
The Fifteen Habits of a Connected Leader
Should Employees Schedule Time To Be Social?
My Employee Engagement Advice to a Stranger
Connected Leader Attributes Graphic from Flat Army
Lessons in Leadership From Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis
Social as a Weapon of Class Destruction
Pervasive Learning Graphic from Flat Army
40% of the search traffic to danpontefract.com is because of the term ‘facebook’
Redefining the Social Employee
I Detached on Holiday. I Didn’t Unplug. You Should Too.
Apparently, Organizational Culture is Crap
Learning by Osmosis
The Flat Army Interview with Dan Pontefract’s Three Young Children
Employee Engagement is Still Poor but it Does Drive Bottom Line Results
Future Of Work: A Flat Army Of Open Leadership via A.G. Lafley
Open Leaders: My #TChat Experience
IF
The Leadership Tonic Scale – Free PDF Download
The Harmonic Leader: Stage 5 of 5 in the Leadership Tonic Scale
The Iconic Leader: Stage 4 of 5 in the Leadership Tonic Scale
The Platonic Leader: Stage 3 of 5 in the Leadership Tonic Scale
The Ironic Leader: Stage 2 of 5 in the Leadership Tonic Scale
The Moronic Leader: Stage 1 of 5 in the Leadership Tonic Scale
Omni Hotels & Resorts in Dallas Demonstrate Great Customer Service
Steve Denning Nails It on Forbes: Paradigm Shift in Leadership and Management
Would You Send Your 6-Year Old to an MBA Program?
Let’s N-Screen the Classroom
Air Canada Isn’t Collaborating With Its Employees
It’s Time to Revolutionize Corporate Learning
Our Three Young Children Blog … Here’s Why
WHY I Wrote Flat Army: The Flat Army Golden Circle
My 1800+ LinkedIn Network Graphically Mapped
I Have Never Worn a Watch
The Star Wars Mentoring Program
The Organization as a Cycling Peloton
Flat Army Book Launch Party … A Sea of Humanity
We Are All Boston
An Example of the Flat Army CLAM in Action: BC Ideas2Action
Don’t Be a FOOL: Fear of Open Leadership
Flat Army Graphics on Slideshare
Do You Surround Yourself With No?
the FLAT ARMY cheat sheet
Can Leaders Lead From the Side?
Puppetry of the Meanest
Did I Just Spam My Entire LinkedIn Network?
A Personal Message of Thanks
Do We Need Textpectations?
Download Chapter 1 for Free – Flat Army: Creating a Connected and Engaged Organization
Flat Army: Afterword Overview
Flexible Working Works
Flat Army: Chapter 12 Overview
The Social C-Suite
Flat Army: Chapter 11 Overview
Flat Army Dedication
Flat Army: Chapter 10 Overview
I Don’t Do Golf
Flat Army: Chapter 9 Overview
My Network is my Net Worth – Part II
Announcing the Full Book Cover Jacket of Flat Army
That Decision Is Above My Pay-Grade
Flat Army: Chapter 8 Overview
Going Forward to the Past: Management Yahooliganism & No Longer Working From Home
An Infographic Depicting Learning & Collaboration in Action
Rise of the Woman?
Flat Army: Chapter 7 Overview
I Am A Corporate Floater
Flat Army: Chapter 6 Overview
You Will Never Be Promoted
Ya, I Cry at Work. Do You?
Flat Army: Chapter 5 Overview
Don’t Simply Follow on Twitter, You Should Spend Time Reviewing
Flat Army: Chapter 4 Overview
I’m Not Scared of Email; I Developed a System called DADDIO
Flat Army: Chapter 3 Overview
In Defense of Alexandra Samuel
Should Companies Allow Facebook at Work?
The Remarkable Leadership Story of Conner & Cayden Long
Flat Army: Chapter 2 Overview
5 Use Cases for a Corporate YouTube in Organizations
Flat Army: Chapter 1 Overview
Wordle Graphic of Flat Army
Autotelic: The Word of 2013
Interlocutors of 2012 (the goats are better for it)
Flat Army: An Overview of the Book
I Wrote a 90,000 Word Book Entirely in Evernote
Why Don’t We Tip Flight Attendants?
Flat Army Book Trailer (one minute)
Virtual Worlds in an Organization are not a Time Waster (and other beefs)
Announcing the Front Cover of Flat Army
Why I Love Newsle
5 Ways to Become Less Collaborative at Work
Bosses Should Shift From Scroll to Swipe
Storytelling is Engagement
The Hare, the Tortoise and the Jackass of Social HR
HR Doesn’t Need a Seat at the Table, it is the Table
The Connected Culture
My Views on Learnist, the latest ‘social learning’ venture
Hey Microsoft! Why Not Merge Outlook with SharePoint?
Micro-blogging can help build your organisational culture
It’s About Leadership: Ryder Hesjedal & the Giro d’Italia Win
Future of Work: Add Open Leadership, Enterprise 2.0, Connected Learning and Mix
Credo of the Collaboration Canoe
Five Uses for Virtual Worlds in the Workplace
Shouldn’t We Just Best Buy Corporate Learning
The edX, Udacity and Coursera Showdown
The ‘Occupy IT’ Movement of Organizations
3D GameLab Could Be The Future of Learning
Collaboration Workflow 101
16 Months of Social Learning Platform Insanity: A Recap
Give Piece a Chance
Friday Fun: The Difference b/t Apple & Microsoft Is …
The Mysterium Tremendum Leader
Friday Fun: All That Jazz
The Link Between Leadership, Learning & Organizational Performance
Friday Fun: Eat, Drink and Be Creative
5 Use Cases for Badges in the Enterprise
Friday Fun: Get Back to Work
6 Use Cases for Enterprise Micro-Blogging
Friday Fun: Meet Gump Shun
Here’s to the Crazy Ones
Friday Fun: You Don’t Have an Office?
Tweet Kings & Pretty Things (aka Micro-Blogging Habits)
Friday Fun: iPrefer iPad iScrabble
Where Does Leadership of Social Media Lie?
The ‘Empire Avenue’ Strikes Back
Friday Fun: Bendable Screens
Social Media is not Social Learning
Whose Your Brian Reid?
The Recalibration of Play
I Unfriended You On Facebook. Are We Still Friends?
Why You Must Define the So-What of Learning
The Collaboration Commons Idea
Udacity & Coursera. Is It Really Education Reform?
The Con Academy
An 8 Year-Old Does Social Learning
The TED of all Learning Conferences #LWF12
Steer Clear of Organizational Leadership Turbulence
My Thoughts: iBooks 2, iTunes U App & iBooks Author
The Anti-Social Social Dilemma
Dan’s Personal 2012 Goals
Interlocutor: The Word of 2012
trainingwreck is no more … introducing ‘brave new org’
There is Nothing More to Say in 2011 … but Thanks
The Tuition Value of Mistakes
The 20% Leadership Challenge
To Really Drive Enterprise 2.0 Forward We Need A Behaviour Change
The State of Culture, Collaboration & Enterprise 2.0
Vancouver is Home to Several ‘Social’ Rock Stars
Can Employee Engagement Improve Customer Satisfaction?
What is Engagement Anyway?
Employee Engagement is not about Buzz Word Bingo
Are We Addicted to the Notification of Notifications?
Bill Sullivan, CEO of Agilent Technologies is a Chief Engagement Officer
Introducing the Digital Learning Quadrants
The Fallacy of Digital Natives
Review: SharePoint Conference 2011
Steve Jobs – My Favourite Beatle
Email, A Love Story
Niall Ferguson: Did He Miss the Learning ‘App’?
Has the Economic Meltdown & 9/11 Impacted our Definition of Teams?
ABC – The 21st Century Learning Model
Is George Siemens Right? Social Media is like Letters to the Editor
What If We Rented Tablets?
Parents, It’s “Back to Cool” Week
Case Study: Tim Hockey, a Collaborative & Transparent CEO
A Summer of Anonymity is Over
The Educational T
Enterprise 2.0 Conference: it’s about people to people
Looking Back on Four Decades: My Top 40 Learning Moments
The Vancouver Riot. It’s a Teachable Moment.
The Boston Bruins Won the Cup: Why it Relates to Leadership
Content Curators
How Do You Know When You Have Reached a Collaborative Culture?
Stop Killing Your Corporate Culture
Dear Mr. Machado – A Few Connected Learning Options for You
Dear Mr. Pontefract – I Need a Connected Learning Platform
Higher Education & Budgets: Collaborative or Not?
Learning 2.0 is Dumb: Use ‘Connected Learning’ Instead
Why Don’t You Have an Internal YouTube Video Sharing Service?
Should Employees Be Incented to Use Social Technologies?
#Top #5 #Reasons #To #Love #Hashtags #In #Your #Enterprise #Microblogging #Platform
How did you learn about #OBL? A series of questions.
You are the Collective Wisdom of both Strong & Weak Ties
The New CEO Acronym: Collaborative, Engaging & Open
Do You Exhibit Collaborative Attributes? Does Your Organization?
Let’s Rename Micro-blogging to Chatting
RSS Behaviour Redefined: Rhizophilous Social Sources
For Don …
Did ‘The Beatles’ actually collaborate or were they working in silos?
The 90-9-1 Collaboration Paradox: Org’s Should Aim To Reverse It
iTunesU Could Be So Much More (Part 2 of 2)
iTunesU Could Be So Much More (Part 1 of 2)
Walking the Talk of Being an Open Leader With My Children
I’m Boycotting Mixtent, Here’s Why
Today, We Are All Japanese
Year Zero: The Future of Communication Skills in Corporations
The Organization Needs to Ask Itself Tough Questions to Survive
Hierarchy starts with a ‘Higher Arc & Key’
New Leadership Model: An Exercise in Bifurcation
Dear Kirkpatrick’s: You Still Don’t Get It
Time’s Up – Learning Will Forever Be Part Formal, Part Informal and Part Social
The Collaboration Curve
Call it Collaboration, Not Enterprise 2.0 or Social Business
Quora: Questions & Opinions not Questions & Answers
Learning is Lurking (Part 2 of 2)
Lurking is Learning (Part 1 of 2)
Learning With and From Others: Restructuring Budgets for Social Learning
Reciprocity: The Word of 2011
2010 Thanks and Spanks via Dan Pontefract
The Anatomical Dissection of a Healthy Organization
My Network is my Net Worth: A Personal Story
Fish & Chips and Malt Vinegar (inseparable organizational pieces)
Remembrance Day: How Learning 2.0 Can Assist
Linking Company Growth to Enterprise 2.0 & Learning 2.0
Waiting For SuperExecutive: Why Executives Should Get on the Enterprise 2.0 Bus
“Since the way we run universities now is such a train wreck, what’s a better way?”
Learn-ku
The Wolf Pack and Learning
Web 3.0: It Should Be About Transferrable Identity
Learning Leaders Are Beginning To Get It … Sorta
The Question I’m Most Often Asked …
TedTalks, Me and You: Social Learning in Action (ie. help me)
So The LMS Is Dead: Collaboration-Talent Convergence is Next
The Death of TV Could Help Learning 2.0 Take Flight
IT & HR: Should They Merge?
Live the Dream First of Learning & Enterprise 2.0
IT & HR: Living In The Chasm of Both
If I Were CEO, I’d Mandate Enterprise 2.0
Facebook Bullying: An Open Letter to Zuckerberg, Schrage & Goler
A Riddle, Wrapped in a Mystery, Inside an Enigma
Standalone LMS is Still Dead (rebutting & agreeing w/ Dave Wilkins)
The Holy Trinity: Leadership Framework, Learning 2.0 & Enterprise 2.0
Tabula Rasa, Enterprise 2.0 & Induction
Chief Learning Officer Job Description: Change Needed
The Org Structure of Enterprise 2.0
Open Spaces, Open Minds Redux (An Open 2.0 Culture)
Budgeting for Learning 2.0: It’s Not That Hard
What’s Needed First? Culture Change or Enterprise 2.0 Adoption
If I Were a Training Vendor …
Is Your Company Culture Linked to Social Learning Success?
Org Purgatory Defined: Being a GenX Leader with a 2.0 Millennial Mind
The Ability to Lead Remote Employees Will Become the Next 2.0 Skill
Micro-Blogging is Good for Leadership, Good for Your Culture
SharePoint 2010: The New Employee Gateway?
No Predictions, Just Some ‘Hopes’ for Learnerprise in 2010
Personally Stuck Between Three Passions in the Education Spectrum
It’s Culture, Leadership and E2.0 … or fail
Is The Root of All Evil the B.Ed Program?
PhD 2.0
Social Net-Work-Life Balance
You Need To Launch An Internal 2.0 Adoption Council
The Standalone LMS is Dead
The Grocery Store Analogy of Learning, KM, Comm & Content
A New Symphony for the next CLO Symposium
Too Dot Oh: Making Sense of the Terrible 2’s
HR in a 2.0 World: Leading vs. Following
Learnerprise 2.0: Why Learning 2.0 & Enterprise 2.0 Should Align
Learning 2.0 Tetrad Through Marshall McLuhan
An Updated Business Model for Training Vendors
Do Training Vendors Get It?
The CIO & CLO are the new Band of Brothers
Roles in the ‘New’ Training Org
A Window Into The Org
Story Telling & Culture
It’s Not Just About Culture
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