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Jan 16, 2022

9 Things Long-Haul Covid can Learn from Chronic Lyme Disease

A maligned and misunderstood tick-borne illness can inform patients facing a similar response to infection with Covid-19. 1. You are sick. This is not “in your head.” Patients with complex Lyme disease know the experience of being referred for psychiatric care, being told “we can’t find anything wrong with you,” and…

Long Haul Covid

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9 Things Long-Haul Covid can Learn from Chronic Lyme Disease
9 Things Long-Haul Covid can Learn from Chronic Lyme Disease
Long Haul Covid

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Jan 10, 2022

Why We Must Kill the Personal Brand

“What do you want leaders to say about you after you leave the room?” This question was posed to employees at a personal brand workshop emphasizing attention to professional image including “performance, reputation, and network.” …

Brands

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Why We Must Kill the Personal Brand
Why We Must Kill the Personal Brand
Brands

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Mar 27, 2021

Seven Themes of Leadership in Collective Organizations

Designed to support every person who interacts with and within an organization, Collective Organizations replace hierarchical mindsets with regenerative systems and a new perspective on leadership. Theme 1: “Leadership” can look different Collective Leaders take many forms. Unlike the dominant savior/hero leader, in a Collective Organization leadership may look like inquiry…

Leadership

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Seven Themes of Leadership in Collective Organizations
Seven Themes of Leadership in Collective Organizations
Leadership

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Mar 27, 2021

Leadership in Collective Organizations

Workplace hierarchies served an earlier era when organizational structures were informed by hero narratives. HBO and Netflix have discovered that the hero archetype no longer appeals to young audiences, just as the hero leader no longer appeals to young employees. An alternative narrative was developed by Jeff Gomez to embrace…

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Leadership in Collective Organizations
Leadership in Collective Organizations

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Mar 21, 2021

Using the ‘Strategic Framework for a Just Transition’ in Human Resources

The “take, make, dispose” economic model of the industrial era dominated business for generations. Company profits relied on large amounts of inexpensive materials and energy and this mindset was often transposed to a “disposable” workforce. The Strategic Framework for a Just Transition is a framework for shifting to a more…

HR

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Using the ‘Strategic Framework for a Just Transition’ in Human Resources
Using the ‘Strategic Framework for a Just Transition’ in Human Resources
HR

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Mar 20, 2021

F*ck Mindfulness, Get Some Sleep

Mindfulness and meditation have well-established benefits. However, the implementation of these practices without consideration for more basic wellness efforts is like building your home on an unstable foundation. Sleep, nutrition, safety, and physical health provide stability for a mindfulness practice and the lack of these makes efforts to be mindful…

Wellness

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F*ck Mindfulness, Get Some Sleep
F*ck Mindfulness, Get Some Sleep
Wellness

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Sep 28, 2020

Maybe Gen Z Should Get That Tattoo

Instead of submitting to ridicule, reclaim the ‘Z’ as a positive symbol of a global generation working to repair and heal our communities and environment. (Why is the media disparaging a young woman’s effort to “bring the whole generation together”?) Historically the Wolfsangel represented many things: a rune believed to…

Gen Z

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Go Ahead Gen Z — Get That Tattoo
Go Ahead Gen Z — Get That Tattoo
Gen Z

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Apr 16, 2020

7 Essential Elements of Collective Organizations

Designed around supporting every person who interacts with and within an organization, the Collective Organization replaces hierarchical models and mindsets with regenerative systems and a new perspective on leadership. 1. They are Values Oriented Collective Organizations are committed to managing with principles, not processes. Values are stated publicly and employees at…

Leadership

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7 Essential Elements of Collective Organizations
7 Essential Elements of Collective Organizations
Leadership

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Apr 14, 2020

An Argument Against Self-Improvement During a Pandemic

The situation you are in is unprecedented. You do not need to “make good use of this time.” Before Covid-19, expectations about success, achievement, appearance, and performance led many of us to continuous cycles of self-improvement. Some of us now have a break from that cycle, and a time for…

Covid-19

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An Argument Against Self-Improvement During a Pandemic
An Argument Against Self-Improvement During a Pandemic
Covid-19

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Apr 9, 2020

Revisiting Organizational Structures in a Collective Age

During the COVID-19 pandemic, previously undervalued work was reframed as essential. Grocery clerks, heath care aides, ambulance technicians, janitorial workers, nursing home attendants — these “front line workers” would be at the bottom of most traditional organizational charts. Hierarchies dominate leadership models and cultural narratives. In times when information equated…

Leadership

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Revisiting Organizational Structures in a Collective Age
Revisiting Organizational Structures in a Collective Age
Leadership

2 min read

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Rebecca Zelis

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Culture Strategist improving how institutions and systems interact with people.

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