Do you believe that COVID-related unemployment benefits are preventing people from rejoining the workforce? This became a hot topic when the April 2021 Jobs Report showed one of the biggest misses on record—meaning the actual number of jobs the American…
If you’re like me, 2020 and 2021 has felt rough in a lot of ways. But I’m incredibly blessed – I had a job, my company survived and my family is healthy. Check, check and check. But in a world…
There’s a million things to think about in a Post-Covid world. Here’s one you don’t think about but you might as well get ahead of, especially if your team is going to exist in some type of hybrid existence: THE…
Admit it – you loved the Netflix Culture deck back in the day, right? The simplicity, the great ideas, the black and white slides. But you don’t have enough time to spend on presentation decks. You have other stuff to…
I’ll start this post with what should be obvious. Twitter’s not the real world, and neither is today’s version of the news. There are extremes on both sides of the news industry and what you read is likely to be…
Read the news and it’s easy to fall into the trap of what I like to call "Amazon is Bad" and the close cousin, "The Amazon Mob." Where can you find such news? Simple! Examples: "Amazon is Bad" for having…
I’ve got good news and bad news. The good news is that vaccines are in play, winter is ending, and leadership teams like the one you support are in recovery mode and starting to ramp hiring in 2021. The bad…
CAPITALIST NOTE: The email below is a summary I sent to a client last weekend. For background, the client is a technology company with 500 employees, and they’ve made a real run at goal setting in 2021. They rolled out…
Let’s get some level-setting items out of the way first, shall we? Here’s some bio info about me and my family during COVID-19: –We were in hard lockdown mode for the spring and summer of 2020. –My family consists of…
In Episode 27 of BEST HIRE EVER, Kris Dunn talks with the amazing Stephanie Lilak (CHRO of Dunkin’ Brands) on variety of topics, including her favorite interview questions, how she works to make sure Dunkin’ gets the talent it needs,…