“Spending freeze” “Cut your budgets” “Look at your spend” “Free up some cash” We all seem to be hearing a lot of these kinds of statements right now. And they’re mostly understandable. We’re in a strange, new situation for which there’s literally no precedent, and this naturally causes us to be more cautious. As we … Read More
Today we’re honored to feature Helios Tribe member Ray Rood and his insightful thoughts on times of disruption. Enjoy! // Last fall I was given a copy of Simon Sinek’s book, The Infinite Game, and in it was introduced to the concepts of finite and infinite mindsets. After reading the book I determined that Andrea … Read More
As much as we know that “words make worlds” in our Appreciative Inquiry global community, sometimes there are no words that seem just right to capture everything in our heads and hearts. The perfect word to accurately reflect the mix of emotions that we, like all of you, are experiencing on a daily basis alludes … Read More
The world of work changed overnight. Boundaries between work and family have been redefined as we cohabitate under shelter-in-place mandates around the country. And many organizations, of course, have been forced to embrace the idea of remote employees and how that shapes their culture moving forward. This process doesn’t have to be a frustration — it can … Read More
All of a sudden, life is different. For everyone. Everyone all across the world. At first it was just people in another country, very very far away from here, that were being affected. Then more people in more countries were affected. Still very far away. Across the globe. Thousands of miles away. In talking to … Read More
Nearly every big problem that persists in our organizations today comes from limitations that live in the mindset of the leadership. Bold claim? Maybe, but I think you’ll see it’s true. Let me explain… There are a lot of big, hairy problems in our organizations, ranging from turnover to disengagement to lack of agility and … Read More
At Helios, we have a somewhat-peculiar practice. Every Monday afternoon we get together for our all-hands team check-in, and we start our meeting, every single time, with a single, simple question: “Right now, what are you grateful for (or what are you celebrating)?” We are a virtual team, so we meet on Zoom. Someone starts … Read More
In our business culture today, we have a relentless focus towards more — buying more, selling more, having more. We’ve even codified this unending expectation into our work lives in the form of “quarterly returns.” The explicit and implicit expectation set upon our most public organizations is unending growth, quarter after quarter, year after year, forever and ever. … Read More