How the Best Leaders Help Companies Build Deeper Connection in a Work-From-Home World By Dov Seidman and Angela Ahrendts As Aristotle posited thousands of years ago, we are social animals by nature. And yet, while it is our human instinct to come together socially, and especially so in times of crisis,
The New York Times – In today's society, leaders often grapple with the unintended consequences of technology platforms and struggle to ensure they fulfill their original purpose.
Leader to Leader – On the distinctly “human” values and behaviors that organizations must embrace to prosper in our rapidly reshaped world.
Is Big Data Killing the Humanity in Our Companies? April 20th, 2016 By Dov Seidman Unless you’ve been cryogenically frozen for the last 16 years, you’ve probably noticed how radically our world has been reshaped by ever-expanding technology. Perhaps no part of our world, however, has embraced this shift as fully as
The Gift of Pause October 15, 2015 By Dov Seidman Sometimes the best gifts in life come to us in unusual ways. So it was with my dear friend Mats Lederhausen's recent birthday. Aptly named a "former wunderkind" by Reuters.com, Mats was turning fifty, and as a celebratory gesture of this milestone, he and his wife
Why Colleges Must Teach Students How to Pause September 17, 2015 By Dov Seidman It’s fashionable to push for education reform these days, but the results of our various programs and initiatives are often harder to pinpoint exactly. American students’ achievement remains stagnant compared with their international peers, and just this year U.S. students
Our Employer-Employee Marriages Need Counseling February 24, 2015 By Dov Seidman The monthly jobs report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reads like a national marriage scorecard. There are tallies of courtships (“job openings”), marital unions (“hires”) and a variety of divorces (“total separations,” “quits,” “layoffs” and “discharges”). Our recent scorecards contain
Why There's More to Taking a Break Than Just Sitting There July 9, 2014 By Dov Seidman Meditation rooms, unplugging, digital Sabbaths, reflection retreats, mindfulness classes–it seems like everyone is clamoring to find a pause button in the face of our always-on, socially connected, fear-of-missing-out lives. There’s definitely something happening here with pauses, but
The New York Times – The transformational power of authentic apologies and how committing to truth, transparency, and accountability can improve performance, minimize risk, and increase trust. May 23, 2014
92Y - A conversation with Dov Seidman and journalist Tom Friedman on HOW individuals, nations, and businesses must urgently change how they behave, lead, and function in a world that is interdependent. January 15, 2015
World Economic Forum − A panel discussion at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum on the technologies that have divided our nation and how to overcome those divisions through moral leadership. September 3, 2017
