Time to bring touch back to the office

The latest issue of Canadian Business has an article about touching in the workplace featuring yours truly. They cite NBA teams as one example: A study last year linked touch to team performance in the NBA. After examining every hug, high–five and shoulder bump delivered by professional basketball players during the 2008–2009 season, the researchers … Continue reading Time to bring touch back to the office

Rethinking capitalism – create shared value

Mark Kramer and Harvard professor Michael Porter have just written a fascinating article for the Harvard Business Review, where they argue against the idea that a business should focus exclusively on maximizing its own profits. From the article: Companies… remain trapped in an outdated approach to value creation that has emerged over the past few … Continue reading Rethinking capitalism – create shared value