Day: December 20, 2018

Dec 20, 2018

What the Christmas Trees in Zanzibar Hotels Teach Us About Good Leadership and Inclusion

While consulting to the Minister of Health of Zanzibar and the State University of Zanzibar this December, I noticed something peculiar here. In hotel lobbies across the island, there are Christmas trees of all shapes and varieties. But the island is almost 99 percent Muslim, with almost all of the hotels run by families who are not Christian, or from cultures that would celebrate Christmas.

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Jul 20, 2018

The Neuroscience of Trust: Why it Matters for Teams and Organizations

Why isn't work an adventure? For many people, work sucks. The polite term for sucky work is that labor generates "disutility." Even that word "labor" conjures fatigue-inducing physical exertion. But still we can ask the question: Why isn't your job making you happy? 

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