I was in the election night crowd at The Jacob Javits Center, hoping to be part of an historic moment to celebrate America’s first female President.   The unexpected outcome makes this a sad and confusing time for me and others who helped Hillary Clinton win the popular vote.  I awoke the morning after to…Read More

Article written by DivergeNow.com editor. PR Veteran Patrice Tanaka has a grand vision: “My vision is a joyful planet created by 7.2 billion people all coming from a place of joy, engaging joyfully with one another and making joy-filled contributions to the world,” said Tanaka, the founder of Joyful Planet LLC, a business and life…Read More

The workplace of the future is “becoming more human” is one of the themes that emerged from the 2nd Annual Ultimate Culture Conference on Oct. 18 in San Francisco organized by Human Synergistics, a consulting firm focused on helping organizations improve their effectiveness through culture change, leadership development and team building. For someone whose consultancy,…Read More

Purpose is key to creating great workplace cultures was one of the themes that emerged from the 2nd Annual Ultimate Culture Conference on Oct. 18 in San Francisco organized by Human Synergistics, a consulting firm focused on helping organizations improve their effectiveness through culture change, leadership development and team building. For someone whose consultancy, Joyful…Read More

I will always remember 9/11. As a New Yorker, I remember that crystalline blue sky day from the windows of our West Village office, which made the horror and devastation downtown almost unfathomable. I’m still haunted by the idea that nearly 3,000 people went to work that morning in the Twin Towers and did not…Read More