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Acting On Common Values Makes Change Possible

September 9, 2018 By David Griesing Leave a Comment

We don’t act on our values at work because we feel hopeless, that the odds are staked against us, that nothing we can do will matter. But are we right about that? Resignation affects our paying jobs—how we retreat from our priorities in our … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: *All Posts, Being Part of Something Bigger than Yourself, Building Your Values into Your Work, Continuous Learning Tagged With: change, common cause, Common Cause UK, common ground, compassionate values, future of work, generosity, political values, selfish values, values, values survey, work

Good Work’s Foundations

September 2, 2018 By David Griesing Leave a Comment

I saw rooms full of models of imagined buildings and cities at the Museum of Modern Art in New York this week. The artist was Bodys Isek Kingelez from central Africa. Pictured above is one of his futuristic building models. They reflect “dreams for … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: *All Posts, Building Your Values into Your Work, Work & Life Rewards Tagged With: autonomy, envisioning, ethics, future of work, generosity, Rebecca Solnit, Riz Ahmed, Roxanne Gay, work, workplace values

Blockchain Goes To Work

August 26, 2018 By David Griesing Leave a Comment

Technology can change the quality of your work for the better—but first you need to recognize it’s possibilities. Over the past year, I’ve noticed that most people seem to glaze over when I start talking about blockchain, a web-based technology … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: *All Posts, Continuous Learning, Entrepreneurship Tagged With: bitcoin, blockchain, change agents, exchange, future of work, future workplace, marketplace, scarcity, software, technology, value

Your Values Should Feel At Home In Your Workplace

August 19, 2018 By David Griesing Leave a Comment

Values grounded in religion are moving into the workplace. What might have been commonplace a hundred years ago for a church-going public became increasingly uncommon over the past 50 years as fewer people identified as believers and the Supreme … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: *All Posts, Building Your Values into Your Work, Work & Life Rewards Tagged With: corporate values, morality, proselytize, religion in workplace, religious revival, values, work, workplace

Ready To Leverage Rapid Social Change

August 12, 2018 By David Griesing Leave a Comment

Because of innovations in technology, the near-instant availability of vast stores of knowledge and a random web of expanding connections, we're in a period of rapid social change today. With rapid change comes an opportunity to re-think, well, … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: *All Posts, Being Part of Something Bigger than Yourself, Building Your Values into Your Work, Continuous Learning Tagged With: change, change agent, envisioning, future, historical models, history, hope, New Weather Initiative, planning, rapid change, readiness, STEPS Centre, teaching, values, vision, work

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