The Curious Cultivator
We invite you to take some time to read our blog ‘The Curious Cultivator’ that features articles with our latest research, stories of people at big companies making positive change (what we call our Cultivator Profiles), guides and toolkits, and much more. Let us know what you’d like to see more of as we look to publish the latest on how to continue to build a more empowering culture, drive change and communications, and build community at work.
The Absolute Best Session at SIOP 2024
SIOP (The Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology ) hosted its annual conference last week in Chicago, bringing together the best thinkers, researchers, and practitioners in the world of people science, talent management, and talent development.
How To Be The Worst Boss You Can Be – Lessons From Spy History
Dive into OSS's "Simple Sabotage Field Manual" and learn how parts of it reflect a management type that leaves employees disempowered and despondent.
5 Ways Disempowerment Can Impact Your Organization
It's important to understand the consequences of disempowerment and take action to empower yourself, your organization, and your employees.
How to Empower Women in the Workplace
For International Women’s Day, let’s look at what managers, leaders, and large companies can do to empower women in the workplace in 2024 and beyond.
A Quick Introduction to Empowerment at Work by Cultivate
To understand empowerment at work, we look at the employee experiences in these five essential needs: skill, purpose, autonomy, community, and engagement.
Does the “L” word have a place in the Workplace?
Should we even use the word love when we talk about our work? Absolutely! Here are some ways to foster love in the workplace through empowerment.
Can Generative AI Help Fulfill Corporate Learning's Promise?
As we explore the potential of generative AI tools, the possibilities for addressing specific challenges in various workplace scenarios are vast. This includes using intentional and specialized AI tools to revolutionize how employees learn, apply knowledge, and excel in their roles.
Cultivating an Empowering Workplace: A Guide for Companies, Leaders, and Employees
While creating an empowering workplace is a continuous journey, the start of the year presents the perfect opportunity to recalibrate and renew your commitment to fostering a culture of inclusivity and growth within professional spaces. Check out our comprehensive guide on cultivating empowerment at work.
How to Use Data Science to Advance Your Idea
Collecting data that proves your impact is the single most crucial aspect of moving your idea for change forward. Data may seem scary or unsurmountable at first, but we hope that these tips empower you to harness the power of data to drive your company forward.
From Impact to Income: Advocating for Fair Compensation as an ERG Lead
Affinity groups, Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), and other workplace communities empower organizations and their employees through improved retention, culture building, and leadership development. Despite that, not all ERG leaders receive fair compensation for their valuable work. Dive into the step-by-step guide to asking for a compensation increase and other tangible support as an ERG lead.
Cultivator Profile: Product-Led Growth at Microsoft
Recently, we had a chance to chat with Jackson, Product Manager at Microsoft and a Cultivator, about his project, the importance of Data Science, and how competition can drive innovation.
The idea behind his project is a radical one, which is to offer products, that are typically sold in Enterprise format, for free- allowing the product experience to drive the business. This strategy, known as Product-Led Growth, has become central to Microsoft’s culture and strategy.
Meet Our Model: Organizational Power Dynamics
Power is one of the most important cultural forces Cultivators contend with as they work to change their organizations. But, like all cultural forces, power is complex and often invisible. Luckily, social psychologists and researchers have thought about power dynamics in various contexts for a long time.
How Cultivators Work: Meet Karima
Meet Karima Moustafa, Social Learning Coach at Mars Global Services, and a member of our Cultivators Community. She has a deep passion for the importance of embracing discomfort to build vibrant, inclusive communities - and honoring yourself in the process.
Here’s what Karima had to say about staying motivated and supported at work…
Celebrating Queer Voices: Inside Shopify’s “Free To Be Me” Campaign
We’re over “representation matters” being used as a buzzword, and so is Calvin McKee, Senior Diversity and Belonging Specialist at Shopify.
This is why we needed to talk to him about the “Free To Be Me” photo campaign, which featured LGBTQ+ employees from across the organization, showing multiple diverse experiences of being queer at Shopify.
Cultivator Profile: Empowering Quiet Cultivators
Janine is not only an L&D Leader at Google, but an Adjunct Professor at UC Berkeley’s Haas MBA program, an executive coach, and a USC doctoral candidate finishing up her Doctorate in Education (Ed.D.) with an emphasis in Organizational Change and Leadership. In her doctoral program, she is focusing her dissertation research on the Sense of Belonging for Women of Color in the technology industry.
Cultivator Profile: Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling
Victoria Liu has been a Cultivator since day one…literally. In May 2019, she started at Indeed (the employment platform) where she joined two Inclusion Resource Groups (IRGs) on her very first day of onboarding. Her initial goal was simply to meet new people and get to know the company she was a part of. Ultimately, her work with IRGs (particularly Asian Network and Women at Indeed) shaped her experience and growth at the company where she spent the last 4 years, most recently as Deputy Chief of Staff.
Cultivator Profile: The Importance of Knowing Your “Why”
A few years ago, Justin, who has now been at Highmark for 17 years, clicked on an internal email and responded “yes” to an event. This quick gesture set the wheels in motion that led us to today. With that quick yes, he became a member of the Mission & Vision Pack at Highmark, an initiative led by Cultivator Penny Schnarrs.
How Cultivators Work: Meet Alvin
Continuing our How Cultivators Work series is Alvin E. Haygan, Jr., Change Management Principle at Seagen, and a new member of our Cultivators Community. We caught up with Alvin as his family welcomed their second child and so first, we have to start by saying a big Cultivator Congratulations!
Here’s what Alvin had to say about staying motivated and supported at work…
Cultivator Profile: Celebrating International Women’s Day with Women in Supply Chain
Whether she’s working on her own professional development, co-hosting our Curiosity Club within the Cultivators Community, or working on her book, Caroline is a Cultivator who centers learning in all she does. It’s not a surprise that she finds herself leading Learning and Education for Women in Supply Chain (WISC), a new and growing employee community within her workplace.
The Five Dimensions of Empowerment at Work: An Introduction to the SPACE Model
We built this comprehensive definition and model of organizational empowerment as a way to synthesize the large quantity of research on this subject into a simplified list of dimensions that describe, at a high level, what it looks like to inhabit a more empowering organizational space where all employees can thrive.