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Let’s face it: we live at a time when government is less and less powerful, less and less effective, and the agent of social change, at least for the immediate future, is the corporation. – Tibor Kalman

You reached the Business side of HumanBusiness. Find thoughts on how to become a human-centric organization here. We also share examples and advantages of businesses who put the human in the center of all their activities. Enjoy and get inspired!

A good way to get introduced to the human-centric organization is covered in how to treat misbehavior, which explains the basic ideas and advantages.

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OpenSpace Beta book — How can we invite a whole large organization to co-create change at scale? – OpenSpace Beta Self-organization and agility are THE buzzwords in business right now. And even when you have not heard about those, at some point you have to ask yourself, how can I architecture my […]

OpenSpace Beta – A handbook for organizational transformation in just ...

23 Nov, 2018 in Book review / Business / Method tagged OpenSpace / self-organization by Businesshumanizer

An organization is the collective story we tell and believe. Once upon a time, there was a social group of people that came together during the evenings, when they were done with their work of the day. They gathered around a campfire and shared what they had seen, […]

What story does your organization tell?

21 Nov, 2018 in Awareness / Business / Human / Purpose / Values by Businesshumanizer

The Cynefin framework – A sense-making device

9 Nov, 2018 in Awareness / Business by Businesshumanizer

AUGENHÖHE film

12 Oct, 2018 in Action / Awareness / Business / Human / Motivational Highlight by Businesshumanizer

Purpose as guiding start — Last week I came across an article that triggered me in several ways, which I will outline below. My intention is not to pick on the author or the presented viewpoints, in fact I agree to some of them actually, however, I believe that looking at the statements closer unveils […]

Business as a force for the greater Good – Purpose ...

27 Sep, 2018 in Awareness / Business / Purpose by Businesshumanizer

Human-centric organization concept — This is the transcript of my very first speech with HumanBusiness on the future of work and how the Generation Y is changing it. It is a mix of reflection of my own experiences as well as building on insights of other people. The worst generation? The Generation Y, […]

How the Generation Y is changing the way we work

16 Sep, 2018 in Action / Business / Human / Self-awareness by Businesshumanizer

socal interaction — As part of the Europe trip with the Reinvention Movie I had the opportunity to share my perspective on the future of work as part of “A future beyond HR” – think tank organized from 2bahead. The following is the manuscript for my speech about the journey towards ourselves given […]

The journey towards ourselves – How does work change when ...

26 Jul, 2018 in Business / Human / Self-awareness tagged inner work by Businesshumanizer

The Reinvention Documentary team will be traveling throughout Europe capturing authentic transformation stories that will allow to transform ourselves, humans and organizations. We will be sharing inspiring stories from people that have faced their greatest challenges in the work context in order to create happiness and abundance in their lives. […]

Reinvention Europe trip – Infographic

4 Apr, 2018 in Action / Business / Human / Purpose by Businesshumanizer

Portrait of the Businesshumanizer — Hejhej! Here comes a long overdue update from HumanBusiness. The last months have been busy with exploration of different projects and directions as well as intro-perspective on the experiences made. There have been a lot of learnings on the way towards a more human way of working, which I […]

An update from HumanBusiness

15 Mar, 2018 in Business / Human / Motivational Highlight by Businesshumanizer

OSCAR employees — Can an organization grow profitable on a long-term perspective and provide value to customers over and over again, by bringing out the full potential of every employee? In the following I am sharing a case study of how inspiring work can be. I am going to take a […]

OSCAR – Case study

29 Jul, 2017 in Action / Business / Case study tagged employee engagement / full potential / human-centric by Businesshumanizer

Drive cover, Motivation — [amazon asin=1594484805&template=image&chan=humanbusiness] Dan Pink shines scientific proven light on what drives us – intrinsic motivation or extrinsic incentives? Mismatch between what science knows and what business does Imagine I have a great business idea and would suggest you the following business model. I would work with a group […]

Drive – The surprising truth about what motivates us

13 Jul, 2017 in Book review / Business / Human tagged autonomy / intrinsic / mastery / motivation / Purpose by Businesshumanizer

Consensus Democracy

7 Jul, 2017 in Action / Business / Human tagged Diversity / Equality by Businesshumanizer

Synergy: hands holding the arms of others to be strong together — Is it possible to create a culture where individual, selfish actions at the same time are altruistic and benefit the culture we are part of? What is our ethical norm? Imagine we are working at an organization that is cutting corners by giving small gifts to state officials or […]

Synergy: Patterns of culture

23 Jun, 2017 in Action / Book review / Business / Human tagged Culture by Businesshumanizer

The Premium Collective Cola — Can an organization satisfy the needs of all its stakeholders, while keeping an own identity and growing constantly? Making everyone happy For many organizations it is already difficult to just satisfy their own employees and many struggle to keep their customers happy. How can a network of around […]

The Premium Collective Case Study

15 Jun, 2017 in Action / Business / Case study tagged Collective intelligence / Trust by Businesshumanizer

Herzberg two-factor theory of motivation — Motivation-hygiene theory “The human animal has two categories of needs. One set stems from his animal disposition, that side of him previously referred to as the Adam view of man; it is centered on the avoidance of loss of life, hunger, pain, sexual deprivation, and on other primary drives, in […]

Herzberg’s Two-Factor Theory of Motivation

15 May, 2017 in Action / Awareness / Business / Human tagged motivation / work environment by Businesshumanizer

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