Featured Articles
Leaders as Proactive Naysayers
By Rudy Karsan – CEO, Kenexa
One of the smallest words in the English language—NO—can sometimes be the most difficult to say. Most people prefer to couch their refusal of something in euphemistic terms so as not to offend or hurt the recipient. However, sometimes it can be wiser to just say No—as long as you learn to say it effectively.
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Applying Positive Psychology to Talent and Day One Engagement
By Jonathan Hill, Ph.D. – Research Director, Kenexa (Europe)
Consultants have long focused relentlessly on workplace ailments such as underperformance and disengagement. Analysing and improving the strengths of individuals and organisations has often been neglected…
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Slow Down to Go Fast: How Best to Execute an Employee Survey Process
By Nancy DeLay, Ph.D. – Account Director, Kenexa
While the process of surveying is the same no matter what type of survey one is using or how many people are being surveyed, execution is unique to each organization. Unique cultures, styles and belief systems impact overall success of survey programs, as well as the way in which the process needs to be applied. There are, consequently, some underpinnings of successful survey programs.
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Kenexa Creativity Series
Creativity and Innovation in Organizations
By Anne Herman, M.A. – Research Consultant, Kenexa
In the 1st of a series of articles exploring creativity in organizations, Anne Herman sets about providing a framework within which one can understand creativity.
Organizations have increasingly become interested in creativity and innovation, in part as a response to the pressures associated with globalization, competition, economic factors, and technology changes. Many see creativity as an opportunity to gain a competitive advantage…
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Worth Reading
How Kayak Users Built a New Industry
Q&A with Carliss Y. Baldwin
By Sean Silverthorne
Customers have produced some of the most important innovations in industries ranging from oil refining to scientific instruments. But how do user innovations take place? How do they get to market? Professor Carliss Baldwin discusses research into the rodeo kayak industry to understand the world of user innovation..
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