Examples from the headlines of how culture and behavior drive critical business outcomes.
Thoughts
Mar 23, 2023In this fascinating article, Brian Spisak, a Research Associate at Harvard’s National Preparedness Leadership Initiative, looks at leadership through the lens of "niche construction" — a biological process by which an organism alters its own environment. Spisak argues that current attention to how business impacts social concerns indicates that society is returning to a more group-level, communalistic mindset. If that is true, then leaders must be proactive in adopting pro-social behaviors.
Observations
Feb 16, 2023Earlier this month, Wells Fargo was hit with a defamation suit by Shelley Freeman, the bank's former Los Angeles regional president. The lawsuit alleges that Wells Fargo falsely labeled Freeman as one of the parties responsible for its fake accounts scandal.
