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.
Cultivate Food Fight: What leftovers taught me about teamwork and collaboration
The best lessons I’ve ever learned about teamwork came from repurposing a tray of taco meat. It all started with a small community organization working to reduce food waste in South Central Pennsylvania.
Getting a Yes: Learn to Sell Your Ideas in Ways that Resonate
One of the most common questions we hear from Cultivators is some variation of, “How do I get buy-in for my change initiative?”. Whether you’re seeking peer support to launch an ERG, or leadership buy-in for an organizational culture initiative, challenging the status quo is hard without support, and even the best ideas can be shut down before they start. So how should we go about getting buy-in? What happens when we hit common blockers? How can we move past a "no"?
Telling the Right Kind of Story
At Cultivate, we believe that stories are powerful. We also understand how challenging it can be to tell your story in a (virtual) room full of strangers. Which is why when we heard about the work that Ophelia Johnson and Craig Thomason are doing at Merck, we knew we needed to bring their expertise to our community of Cultivators. Let this replay empower you to tell the right kind of story.
Here’s How You Can Capture Event Attendance For MS Teams Calls
Workplace communities have put their stake in the ground– they aren't going anywhere. Whether you lead an Employee or Business Resource Group, learning community, a community of practice, or something of the like– it's more important than ever to treat your group like a foundational part of the business as a whole, with its own clearly defined purpose and ways to measure success.
10 Ways to Pitch Your Idea to Your Boss
Us Cultivators usually have at least one idea stirring in our heads at any given time. Quite often, we're marinating on more than one. Sometimes we'll bounce an idea off of our coworkers or our fellow changemakers (in the Cultivators Community) so that we can find out if it has merit.
Maybe Is A Loser’s Word
I don't know how to play chess, but that hasn't stopped me from watching The Queen's Gambit twice. When Benny gets salty with Beth for not coming to New York City, he says something profound: Maybe is a loser’s word, Beth.
4 Steps to Better Arguments: Make Your Point Matter
We love to argue. It can be something simple and timeless, like debating whether The Office is funny or something bold and new, like trying to pitch a 4-day work-week to your boss.
How to Elevate Your Pitch and Achieve Positive Change
On a blistering Los Angeles day in 1988, Richard Montañez was going about his work as a janitor at a PepsiCo manufacturing site when he heard a noise and saw people rushing to the lines. One of the Cheetos manufacturing lines had broken down.