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March 23, 2018
Givitas is the knowledge collaboration platform based on the game-changing approach from co-founder Adam Grant’s bestseller Give and Take. Give and Take, Inc. announced that Givitas, its knowledge collaboration platform, is coming out of beta and is available for widespread use in enterprises. Givitas is a technology platform that helps organizations apply and scale the concepts of […]
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March 22, 2018
In the BBC article, “Stephen Hawking’s advice for fulfilling career,” Amy Wrzesniewski explains how people can use job crafting to help bring meaning and purpose to their work and life. Job crafting, based on research by Wrzesniewski along with Jane Dutton and Justin Berg, is that idea that employees can redesign their own jobs in […]
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March 22, 2018
Gretchen Spreitzer was interviewed by local NPR station WEMU for a segment call “Art & Soul – The Art of Well Being.” In this episode titled “Finding Meaning and Purpose at Work,” Spreitzer explains the importance of finding work that is energizing and not depleting. Spreitzer is the Keith E. and Valerie J. Alessi Professor […]
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March 16, 2018
New paper from Andy Hoffman examines ‘The Next Phase of Business Sustainability’ Corporations have made substantial progress integrating sustainable business practices — but that’s not enough, Michigan Ross Professor Andy Hoffman says in a new paper. Writing in the Stanford Social Innovation Review, he argues that “The Next Phase of Business Sustainability” must be fundamental […]
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March 16, 2018
After months of preparation and training leading up to the finals on Friday February 16, Clot Buster – a startup developing a medical device to safely and rapidly remove clots for stroke treatment – has been named the overall winner of the 2018 Michigan Business Challenge. As the recipient of the Pryor-Hale Award for Best […]
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March 12, 2018
Kim Cameron and Center-related research on meaning at work was cited in the Forbes op-ed, written by colleagues at the Center for Values-Driven Leadership, “Three Trends Business Leaders Cannot Overlook In 2018.” Cameron is co-founder of the Center for Positive Organizations and William Russell Kelly Professor of Management and Organizations at Michigan Ross.
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February 27, 2018
Professor Sue Ashford and colleagues studied how people find ways to create the structure and identity that companies used to provide. As anyone who’s worked in the gig economy knows, it can feel awfully lonely out there. As the gig economy — where companies pay for specific tasks on a contract basis — grows, the […]
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February 19, 2018
Gretchen Spreitzer was quoted in the Financial Times article “Rethink forced by the loneliness of long-distance work” about how working remotely has changed workplace culture. In the article Spreitzer suggests, “Rather than giving people just a shorter commute and replicating the corporate culture, let’s put people in a new kind of stimulating, cool environment and […]
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February 12, 2018
Studies by Professor Julia Lee show air pollution can increase criminal behavior by causing higher anxiety. The health consequences of air pollution are well-documented, but a growing body of research indicates it also leads to other societal ills, such as higher crime rates. Michigan Ross Professor Julia Lee and her colleagues explored the underlying causes […]
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January 25, 2018
Rob Dube shares his organization’s strategy for professional and personal visioning and goal setting in latest Forbes blog. Dube writes, “So we don’t just ask them for their goals at work—the [vision and goals] worksheet asks them to consider their health goals, their personal goals, and any other goals they consider important to where and […]
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January 24, 2018
The Inc. article, “Looking for your purpose in life? Yes, you can find it at work. Here’s how,” highlights Jane Dutton and Amy Wrzesniewski’s job crafting research. Specifically, the author suggests task crafting, relational crafting, and cognitive crafting to help make work more purposeful. Dutton is a co-founder of the Center for Positive Organizations and […]
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January 19, 2018
Gretchen Spreitzer spoke to Jen Arnold for the Redesigning Wellness podcast “Why positive organizations matter and how they thrive.” In the podcast, Spreitzer shares her research on high-performing positive organizations and suggestions of tools and practices for maximizing personal and organizational potential. Spreitzer is the Keith E. and Valerie J. Alessi Professor of Business Administration, […]
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