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MY CONVERSATION WITH AMY LYMAN

Today I had the privilege to talk with Amy Lyman, President of the Great Place to Work Institute in San Francisco, which is best known for the “Best Companies to Work For” global listing it publishes in Fortune magazine each year. For nearly 20 years, Amy and the other co-founder of the Great Place to [...]

DAVID WEINBERGER WILL KEYNOTE FOR THE WORLDBLU FORUM

One can’t deny the impact technology has had in ushering in a “democratic age” and driving, with increasing momentum, the shift towards more democracy in the workplace. To that end, we wanted to bring in a speaker for the Forum who could talk in an engaging and entertaining way to these dynamic forces. Enter David [...]

WE’RE ON THE FRONT PAGE

While I was in the Midwest earlier this summer, I did an interview with the Corridor Business Journal, a business newspaper in Iowa. Our article came out on the front page today entitled, “Democracy in Business?”

A GLOBAL RESPONSE

It’s just too cool. We announced the conference just a few short weeks ago and I’m getting email from people all over the world about it. I love hearing what everyone is doing to bring democracy into the workplace in South America, Europe, Canada, and even China. From hi-tech to soft-tech to everything in between, [...]

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