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Could Organizational Democracy Have Stopped Watergate? — Sharing the Stage with Bud Krogh

Recently, I had my first trip to the beautiful coast of Alabama for a speech I was giving there for the Eastern Shore Chamber of Commerce. I have never been to Alabama and was looking forward to seeing a bit of it, staying at the beautiful Grand Hotel Marriott Resort (a place you should definitely [...]

Lessons Learned and Best Practices (You Don’t Want to Miss!) From the WorldBlu Council Meeting in SF

Just over a week ago we had our second WorldBlu Council meeting, a mastermind group for the CEOs of organizations on the WorldBlu List of Most Democratic Workplaces. Our first Council was in November at Continuum and this Council was held at the democratic company Linden Lab (makers of Second Life.) The day and a [...]

Life in WorldBlu-Land

Hey everybody! There’s been a ton going on here in WorldBlu-land and I thought you might like an update. My buddy Cameron Martindell knows how busy I am but also reminded me that every post doesn’t have to be uber-deep and that you all might like to just know what’s going on. So thanks [...]

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