Social Alignment Podcast – Misadventures in Staying in the Same Fishbowl

In our effort to address what is happening in our society today to aspects of organizational alignment we work on every day, we are posting monthly podcasts discussing various aspects of alignment and how we could implement them in our daily lives and collectively as a nation. In today’s episode, I include part of an […]
Podcast – Misadventures in Misalignment without DE&I

There’s been a lot of media coverage around social justice as well as Diversty, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I). Organizations country-wide have been announcing calls to bring greater diversity into the ranks. There have also been pushback from political circles around DE&I training. Many organizations are wondering if they need to engage in such efforts. This […]
Podcast – Misadventures in mistaking hard work as the goal

Kara Lawson, the head Women’s Basketball coach at Duke University, posted an interesting video recently that differentiated the concepts of hard work and competing. Her premise was that billions of people work hard, but competing brings a different level of performance. Competing brings an aspect of reaching further within yourself to win. Your competition may […]
Podcast – Misadventures in Aligned Product Development

I had the pleasure of talking with Jane Casto, CEO of Stir Creative Drive. Jane has been a product leader in such companies such as Ecolab, 3M and Imation. She now helps small and medious-sized companies become more aligned with their product development processes. She’s seen many companies that have leaned on one major product […]
Podcast – Misadventures in Leading by Fear and Intimidation

In USA Basketball coaches training, they discuss the distinction between power and trust in the coach-player relationship. The coach, always, has a level of upper hand power. This could be seen in playing time. But, it also shows itself in the way the coach treats the player and communicates with them. Coaches can exercise a […]
Podcast – What are K-12 schools doing to meet their mission in a COVID-19 World?

In this podcast, I spent some time with a friend of mine who is a Principal at a middle school in the Robbinsdale (MN) School District, John Groenke. John has great insights into aligning actions to mission and vision as he used to work for Orgametrics. His insights are honest and encouraging around the great […]
Podcast – Misadventures in Believing what You are Seeing is the WHOLE Truth

Our direct, high-def vision only focuses on a small fraction of a scene in front of us. The area of the eye dedicated to this vision only takes 5% of the cornea’s space. However, it takes a much larger amount of our brain space to process. We’ve evolved to focus our attention on what we […]
Podcast – Jim Tincher on Aligning Customer Experience with Metrics

Serving the customer is critical for any customer to fulfill its mission. However, many people see that ‘Customer Service’ process being a post-exchange process. It’s meant to deal with customers that have issues. However, Customer Experience is a more holistic way to look at how the organization structures itself and manages its business with the […]
Podcast – 4 Differences in Organizational Alignment v Employee Engagement

We believe that organizational alignment to mission and vision is the next stage in the evolution of employee engagement, just like engagement was the evolution from employee satisfaction. This podcast delves into 4 key differences between these two concepts, including How alignment adds a layer of purpose How the questions you ask yourself as a […]
Podcast – 3Ms CTO John Banovetz on Leadership, Teamwork and Innovation

I’ve known current 3M CTO John Banovetz since 1984. We were basketball teammates at Hamline University where his job was to score and my job was to make it as tough on him to do so in practice every day. Through our experience together, we developed not only a lasting friendship, but also a great […]