Humessence Insights & Blog Post Directory

Welcome to the comprehensive archive of Humessence’s thought-provoking articles and insights. Here, you’ll find a wealth of resources covering topics like work-life integration, purpose-driven leadership, holistic well-being, and professional development. Whether you’re seeking inspiration, practical advice, or deep dives into the human experience at work, our complete blog directory makes it easy to explore all that Humessence has to offer.

A Culture of Innovation: Are you relying on individual or collective intelligence?

Does your IQ Predict Innovation? Many believe that recruiting top talent guarantees success, but is this truly the case? Does the greatest innovative thinking come from individual contributors, or is it the ability of the team to work collectively? Anita Woolley, Associate Dean of Research and Professor of Organizational Behavior at Carnegie Mellon University’s Tepper […]

Discovering My Ingenuity Rewrote My Story

It was in May of 2020, only 2 months into the pandemic, that it became quite obvious that my role as Vice President of People (VPP), was not long for this pandemic world. I was with a successful live event production company for 5 years before the pandemic, when suddenly all our work was canceled. […]

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10 Keys To Your Team’s Proactive Mental Health Motivation

In today’s fast-paced business environment, supporting employees’ mental health and well-being has become an increasingly important strategy for successful organizations. As leaders, it is crucial to foster a workplace culture that not only addresses mental health when issues arise but promotes proactive mental well-being. Here are some strategies to help your team stay motivated and […]

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Psychedelic Research and Mental Wellness

Have you heard about employers supporting microdosing protocols for their employees as part of their benefits package? Or of leadership teams working with psychedelics during company offsites? If not, that’s okay. But might want to understand why psychedelics will continue to insert themselves in the discussion around mental wellbeing. Clinical trials abound, and psychedelics have […]

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Finding Joy Through Mental Health Lessons from Our Dogs’ Pure Happiness

May is mental health awareness month, and here I share what I’ve learned about mental health from our dogs. We have two mutts, Poe and Denali (Nali). They are calm, gentle, and wonderful companions. There is a particular activity that is pure joy for both of them. A couple of times every week, we go […]

5 Simple Ways to Inject More Joy Into Your Every Day

If I had a penny for every time I heard one of my clients say, “But I’m too busy for fun!” I would quit my job and buy a one-way ticket to Tahiti. It’s all about how you prioritize your time. And guess what? When you prioritize your own JOY, you actually show up a […]

Mental Health In Retirement

May 31st will mark six years since I “retired” from my first career. After 38 years with ExxonMobil and its heritage companies, it was time to explore the “what’s-next” phase of my life. May is “Mental Health Awareness” month. I want to use this post to explore the mental health impacts of retirement and to […]

Re-Energizing Team Performance

It has been over forty years since Jon Katzenbach and Douglas K. Smith first published their ground-breaking research on the effective use of teams to create high-performance organizations. In their book, “The Wisdom of Teams”, Katzenbach and Smith proposed that “teams outperform individuals acting alone or in large organizational groupings, especially when performance requires multiple […]

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The Subtle Power of Simplification

In today’s rapidly changing and complex business environment, the ability of leaders to simplify work is a cornerstone to execution. Leaders can catalyze clarity of understanding, foster alignment, facilitate decision-making, and drive effective execution. Addressing all needs is not progress: Every organization has more areas to improve than they have resources to support all the […]