Is Your Organization Fit for Heretics?

By Polly LaBarre
December 13, 2011 at 8:13am

Editor's Note: This is the first in a series we're running in conjunction with our friends at Fortune. Called "Fit for Human Beings," the posts will explore what it takes to create organizations that are as resilient, inventive, inspiring, and accountable as the people who work inside of them--with reports from the progressive thinkers and adventuresome practitioners actively wrestling with that question.

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Why being human is the only way to win

By Polly LaBarre
December 2, 2011 at 8:47am

I'm delighted to share the first of six videos from my conversation with our latest MIX Maverick Seth Godin. Seth needs no introduction--he's a 13-time bestselling author, serial entrepreneur and tireless game-changer. He is a one-man army when it comes to unleashing the passion and initiative of individuals to make a positive difference in the world. I'm always struck by his ability to make sense of the economic and cultural moment in a way that is both practical and profound.

Moving Past Austerity—Let's Make 2011 the Year of Honesty, Humanity and Generosity

By Polly LaBarre
December 30, 2010 at 7:00am

The authorities at Merriam-Webster have declared “austerity” the defining word of 2010. That may be an appropriate reaction to all that’s transpired this year (and built up over this decade), but the word—and, more to the point, the feeling—that permeates this shabby, hangdog year is loss.

Here’s Your Chance to Take the (Main) Stage as a Management Innovator

By Polly LaBarre
June 22, 2010 at 11:11am

One of the founding beliefs of the MIX is that experiments in radical management practices and pathbreaking new ideas are not the exclusive province of innovation gurus, elite journals, and the executive suite. Game-changing management hacks are being invented all over the world, in every kind of organization, at every level, and right now.