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The Truth Between You and Others On Your Career Path

September 23, 2018 By David Griesing Leave a Comment

This week, it’s impossible to ignore the unfolding story of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. The politics aside, there are two threads in this controversy that affect everyone who interacts with other people while trying to build a … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: *All Posts, Building Your Values into Your Work, Heroes & Other Role Models Tagged With: accused, accuser, acknowledging your flaws, Brett Kavanaugh, career, Christine Blasey Ford, ethics, generosity, moral quandary, selfishness, work

Your Jobs Feed One Another

September 16, 2018 By David Griesing 1 Comment

The toolbox we rely upon to make a living often enables the other work commitments that we take on. At the same time, these second and third jobs can reward and sustain us in ways that our first job never could. You’ve already demonstrated a skill … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: *All Posts, Being Part of Something Bigger than Yourself, Building Your Values into Your Work, Entrepreneurship, Heroes & Other Role Models Tagged With: bottom up, disaster, food, grassroots, improvisation, job meaning, job purpose, Jose Andres, managing chaos, one job enriching another, relief operations, second jobs, skills, talents, work

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

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