Organizational Alchemy

OA loves infographs - another iteration in the art of displaying data pictorially. Take a stroll through some other great examples. Happy Friday the 13th!

100 Diagrams That Changed the World A visual history of human sensemaking, from cave paintings to the world wide web.

What happens when we're confronted with data or information questioning our existing set of beliefs? Author David McRaney writes in his book, 'The Backfire Effect' that once we believe something we instinctively and unconsciously protect it: "Just as confirmation bias shields you when you actively seek information, the backfire effect 'defends' you when the information seeks you." A great review of the book from Brain Pickings!

The Backfire Effect: The Psychology of Why We Have a Hard Time Changing Our Minds How the disconnect between information and insight explains our dangerous self-righteousness.

Job seekers, are your Social Media accounts on lockdown?

Had to follow-up OA's previous post about pay inequity with this! Way to go Salesforce

This Is What Happens When A CEO Actually Cares About Equality For Women Salesforce has spent $3 million adjusting salaries so that women and men are paid equally.

When your mom and your boss possess a similar grasp on your work and what makes you successful, specific and thoughtful recognition for your work is often absent. HINT FOR MANAGERS: How well do you understand your team's work? Have you asked your employees how and when they like to be recognized and rewarded? Doing so can have a dramatic impact! Trust is built between employee and manager when a boss understands their team and their work enough to know when and how to recognize them.

The Easiest Thing You Can Do to Be a Great Boss Recognize the power of recognition.

A great read from GeekWire on the complexity of the gender pay gap: men make more than women, men get promoted faster than women and the pay gap widens as you climb the corporate ladder.

Paid less, promoted less: Welcome to PayScale's new report on the gender pay gap and women in... Photo via PayScale/Gender Pay Gap How would you like to work for free from today until the end of the year? Sure, Equal Pay Day is celebrated in April here

The top 20 US metropolitan areas represent over 52% of the total GDP in the United States - check out this cool 3D infograph.

Where The Money Is This 3D Map Visualizes the U.S. Economy In a New Way

NPR story this morning mentioned that kids these days (yes, that just happened) use social media about 9 hours a day and that 2/3 of them view it as necessary to their lives (versus 1/3 who engage because they enjoyed it). Is Facebook now just a part of our social fabric?

Closing on Black Friday was marketing brilliance. Black Friday is a smaller & smaller piece of the retail sales pie - it makes a bold statement about REI's values AND we're all talking about them, thereby driving customers and broadening their audience! Now, CEO Jerry Stritzke will be on Reddit Tuesday. Things are afoot at REI...

What if you could ask REI's CEO and President Jerry Stritzke any question? You'll have your chance next week! Tune in to our first-ever reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything) Tuesday 11/10, 4pm PST.