article thumbnail

What Is Your Real Mission?

Spark Consulting

Organized by Joe Gerstand t and Jason Lauritsen , it provided an opportunity for 10 people who didn’t know each other to sit in a cabin outside Omaha for 2 1/2 days and think and talk deeply about the future of work. Do they say they want innovation, then automatically shoot down every new idea anyone proposes?

Omaha 150
article thumbnail

From the Kids’ Table to the Adults’ Table: Taking Relationships Seriously in a World of Networks

Beth Kanter

Similarly, Lyn Wallin Ziegenbein, Executive Director of the Peter Kiewit Foundation, a private independent philanthropic trust in Omaha, Nebraska, says, “We place a high priority and value on building enduring relationships with our grantees. As we see it, the Omaha community is relationships.”.

Omaha 28
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects: Five Lessons from the Road

Idea Architects

custom-designing keynotes, workshops, and leadership conferences that promote innovation, learning, and community. Doing the closing keynote at the HR Reinvention Experiment in Omaha allowed me to fully participate in the conference prior to making my remarks at days end. Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects. Wednesday, November 09, 2011.

article thumbnail

Future of Work Manifesto

Jamie Notter

Maddie is the one who wrote it up, but it was the result of a weekend retreat last fall of twelve people (including me, Maddie and Charlie; Maddie lists them all in her post) in, of all places, Omaha, Nebraska. But Humanize is fundamentally a book about management innovation. Moneyball and Management Innovation. Related Posts.

Omaha 70
article thumbnail

Happy New Year: What’s Your Theme for the Year?

Beth Kanter

In the US, I keynoted and gave workshops at nonprofit conferences in Pittsburgh , North Carolina , Buffalo , and Omaha. I plan to do that with facilitation techniques for design and innovation labs. I also gave a plenary talk at AFP in San Antonio, Texas. I also was a guest lecturer for a Berkeley MBA Class on networks.

article thumbnail

Heartland Pride: Winner of the #npfail Little Bets Contest

Beth Kanter

It’s an affordable loss that leads to innovation. .” A ‘Little Bet” as defined by Peter Sims, author of the book – Little Bets, is a small action that you can take to discover something new. Place a little bet & or share your #failure story… you could win a Surface! 13ntcbets ow.ly/k24ok.

Omaha 28