NowBlu Archives

WorldBlu in the News: Concept of organizational democracy resonates worldwide

Axiom News, a WorldBlu List 2007 awardee and online media company based in Canada, just posted a story about WorldBlu entitled, “Concept of organizational democracy resonates worldwide.”
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My Podcast Interview with John Caddell

This past Friday I did a podcast interview with John Caddell on his “Shop Talk” program. John is the founder and principal of the Caddell Insight Group consultancy and is a recognized expert in telecommunications, outsourcing and enterprise software with over 20 years experience in high-tech product development, operations, and marketing.
During the 15 minute interview [...]

Interview with Jon Husband: Do You Know About “Wirearchy?”

Earlier this year I had the opportunity to talk with Jon Husband, founder of a blog on “wirearchy,” a term he coined and defines as “a dynamic flow of power and authority based on trust, knowledge, credibility and a focus on results enabled by interconnected people and technology.” I was intrigued with his [...]

My Op-Ed in the Christian Science Monitor: A Better World, One Office at at Time

Today I have an opinion piece published in the Christian Science Monitor newspaper. It’s entitled, A Better World, One Office at at Time: Today’s Companies Need to Build a Democratic Workplace. It’s less of a here-are-the-bottom-line-benefits-of-workplace-democracy piece and more about the social dimensions of how building a democratic workplaces can help change the WORLD, an [...]

Back to Blogging!

Hello everyone!
Sorry for the long hiatus on the blog. I took time this summer to return to my homeland of Iowa and spend some time with the family. Then I relocated WorldBlu from Washington, DC to Atlanta, Georgia (the nation’s entrepreneurial hub!) so that took me out of the loop for a bit. But the [...]

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