As we were wrapping up a strategic planning discussion with one of our clients—a major accounting and advisory firm—the firm’s managing partner turned to us and asked, “What would really change the ...

Organizational behavior (OB) is the study of how individuals, groups, and organizations interact and influence one another. Though, in the field of business management, it is a largely used concept as ...

How do law-abiding people get caught up in dangerous group dynamics? Learn the sociology behind collective behavior and contagion theory. In the months after the Jan. 6 riot in Washington, D.C. in ...

I wrote Part I of this post last Friday (though I didn't know it was Part I at the time). The comments it generated made me realize that you'd like more information about how to do this -- that is, ...

When you call a business meeting, how many times do you think about the ethical issues you are discussing? Ethical issues are part of even the smallest business concerns. For example, though you may ...

In interventions designed to encourage more sustainable and climate-smart behavior, examples of what other people are doing and financial 'carrots' are more important than providing knowledge and ...