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Retention rates. Employee engagement. Sustainable practices. Building meaning and purpose. These are concepts that too often live on paper and given lip service, but aren’t brought to life in company culture. Our blog is dedicated to breaking down these topics into actionable ideas for the day-to-day workings of your company — topics designed to dovetail with our podcast and discussion guides.

Discovering Purpose by Accident

Excerpt from The Search for Meaning at Work: Unleashing the Hidden Power of Purpose to Engage and Fulfill Your Workforce by Steve Van Valin, SVP of Culture Transformation Sometimes, we have serendipitous events in our lives that provide purpose and meaning. One morning, Anne Mahlum, who worked for a political

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Q&A with AI2: AI & Remote Patient Monitoring in Eldercare

Concinnity Partners Jennifer Ayres and Samantha Collins sit down with Algorithmic Intuition, Inc. AI2 CEO Dan Brown and CRO William Glover to discuss how sensors and machine learning will transform Remote Patient Monitoring for the growing elder care market.  AI2 provides an Eldercare monitoring system that combines machine learning /

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Business Leadership Lessons from a Symphony Orchestra

By: Keiko Tomasini-Hagino, Strategic Advisor Lisa Insley, Partner Perfectly aligned harmonies and dynamic sound is what one experiences when the symphony orchestra fills the concert hall with the beauty of music. Yet, the beauty is not created only through the work of highly trained professionals simply playing the written score.

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How Solving for the People Side Maximizes M&A Transaction Value

Authored By: Jennifer Ayres / Contributions By: Samantha Collins Too often, companies determine their Merger and Acquisition (M&A) strategy based on an assessment of the gaps their business currently faces, or the growth opportunities that they envision. Ideally, both elements will play a role in laying out the strategy and

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How Purpose Creates Meaning in the Workplace

Excerpt from The Search for Meaning at Work: Unleashing the Hidden Power of Purpose to Engage and Fulfill Your Workforce by Steve Van Valin, SVP of Culture Transformation For work to have meaning, it must have a special significance to the worker. How does a worker know that something has

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How Small Businesses Can Survive Inflation

Rising costs present a new challenge to small businesses, which have fewer resources than their larger counterparts. Though trimming costs is inevitable during economically strenuous times, there are ways to adjust your budget to inflation–with no consequence to your employees. On Season 5, episode 10 of the Survive and Thrive

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How to Measure Company Culture Using 3 Different Methods

Positive work culture is the fuel that powers a business’s success – but how can you measure the status of your work culture? On Season 5, episode 1, of the Survive and Thrive podcast, host Jennifer Ayes discusses the importance of work culture in influencing the success of a workforce

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How Leaders Can Motivate Teams Through Recognition and Purpose

Can organizational leaders support a high-performance culture by engaging their teams through recognition? According to experts, continuously recognizing your team members – and the organization’s mission – can lead to an amplified sense of purpose and emotional wellness that fuels greater productivity and achievement. On Season 5, episode 3 of

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