My career path has taken me from the fields on my family farm to the boardrooms of organizations around the world. Starting when I was six years old, my summers involved working with my cousins on the farm from dawn until dusk. From a very early age, I learned the
Tag: workplace culture
With all the technology advancements and innovative trends driving Industry 4.0 right now, you might expect geeky topics like the Internet of Things (IoT) or artificial intelligence (AI) to be the hottest topics of discussion among industry leaders. Instead, many leaders are still more focused on workplace culture. And here’s
What does it take to be on the Huffington Post’s new B-team? Led by Arianna Huffington, this not-for-profit initiative is a group of global business leaders committed to making businesses more socially responsible - and blogging about it. It takes a real commitment to corporate culture, and not just the inspirational
For 38 years, SAS CEO Jim Goodnight has run this company by a simple philosophy: Treat employees like they make a difference and they will. It was with that philosophy in mind 30 years ago that SAS opened the doors to its on-site healthcare center – with just one employee!
If you recognize this 1984 Wham! hit then you also recall girls in ties and blazers, guys in leisure suits, gas for $1.10 a gallon and seeing The Karate Kid at the Cineplex for $2.50 (at night!). If you think music and fashion were suspect thirty years ago, consider SAS’
<disclaimer: this blog post is inspired by the fictional portrayal of Google in the movie “The Internship”> Summer is officially here, and that means a few more faces around the halls of SAS as high school and college student interns beef up their resumes while graciously helping out across campus.
It seems like only yesterday that the SAS Executive Briefing Center (EBC) parking lot was filled with Craft Services tents, high-end luxury cars, movie cameras and, oh, a few celebrities. But, it’s been nearly a year since SAS became Stark Industries for a day when parts of Iron Man 3
As the world gears up for the premiere of Iron Man 3, SAS employees are gearing up to find out whether they will get their 15 minutes of fame on the big screen and how much of our beautiful Executive Briefing Center (EBC) is portrayed in the movie. Folks in the
Last week, Disney released Oz: The Great and Powerful - a prequel of sorts to the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz and the novel on which it is based (L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz). Though I haven’t seen this new movie, I’m a huge fan of
For people around the world, Valentine’s Day is an annual celebration of romantic love. But, for those of us at SAS, Feb. 14 has the added significance of being “Love-the-Hub Day.” My last post described the Hub as our internal social networking platform and one of the many reasons why we