May 22, 2014

Who Will Disrupt the Human Resources Function

Blockbuster, which had more than 9,000 retail stores across America just nine years ago, closed the few hundred video-rental stores last November in a long-expected announcement. […]
April 11, 2014

Angela Duckworth: Why Grit Is the Greatest Predictor of Success

I define Grit as having passion for a long-term goal and then working really hard consistently over an extended period of time. Gritty people work towards goals that would take years to achieve. If you are a person who is just working hard and don’t have a consistent goal to guide you, then you don’t have one half of grit. Likewise, you may have the passion for something, but not the resilience. Some people drop out of things they do and it is not because they had a serious setback or something terrible has happened but because of the slow progress.

March 7, 2014

Building the Workplace of Our Dreams

Every large behemoth was once a startup. To manage the challenges of scale, organizations have to build norms and rules. Keeping the startup’s ethos of nimbleness is a leadership challenge.