John Gerzema

How Women (And the
Men Who Think Like them)
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U.S. News The Best Countries Understand ‘Soft Power’: Being a great nation requires more than economic and military strength

DAVOS, Switzerland – While global leaders who gathered at the World Economic Forum's meeting debate solutions to social, political and economic uncertainty, quietly a new force is gaining credibility around the world: the desire for "soft power." Let's start with...

Common Impact Blog: An Interview with John Gerzema

CEO Danielle Holly recently sat down with John Gerzema, best-selling author of “The Athena Doctrine: How Women (and the Men Who Think Like Them) Will Rule the Future,” to discuss his perspective on why the leadership qualities often seen as feminine must be ascendant in the 21st century workplace. John is...

Huffington Post: Anti-Semitism -- The Facts and the Hope

Israel

Talking about a resurgence of anti-Semitism with the burial of four French Jews in Israel yesterday is undeniably, and perhaps unavoidably, fraught with charged emotions. Whether you are among those who believe that incidents are isolated and sporadic, or those who fear that they are intrinsic and systemic, there is...

CBS News: The Future of Civil Rights Must Be Gender Equality

What needs to happen in the next 50 years for equality to be fully-realized in the U.S.? Consider employment, income, wealth and political power, and it's hard to escape the fact that gender equality must be our leading goal when it comes to the future of civil rights. Beyond the hard data, it's hard to...

Huffington Post: We All Feel Too Busy, Something's Gotta Give

We are, too many of us, busy to the point of distress. The demands of work, the needs of those we love, and our own requirements for a healthy happy life, can seem impossible to satisfy. In response, we search for some factual ground to stand on. In an effort to understand our situation we wonder: Is life today more...

Ford Trends 2015: The Female Frontier

athena doctrine

On June 25th, I spoke at the 2014 Ford Trends Conference in Dearborn, Michigan – a three day media event whose speaker line-up included Harvard Business School professor and author Clayton Christenson, designer Kenneth Cole and Mark Fields, the incoming Ford CEO. I spoke on a panel titled “The Female...

S.H.E. Summit: Unlocking 21st Century Opportunities for Girls through Computer Science Education

I had the pleasure of moderating a panel at the S.H.E. Summit: The Global Women's Leadership & Lifestyle Event last week where we had a riveting discussion on how we can take STEM to the next level and integrate girls more seamlessly into the field of science. The panelists included Rita J. King, Executive...

PSFK: How Diversity Makes Tech a Stronger Industry

PSFK Managing Editor Dory Carr-Harris brought together Nikki Kauffman, Rachel Sklar, Jessica Lawrence and myself for a panel on how to achieve diversity in the workplace at PSFK Conference 2014. The panel discussed the qualities of ideal leadership and how diversity can be attained for a better functioning workplace....

Medill: Hall of Achievement

John was selected as one of six alumni to be inducted into the for Medill Hall of Achievement in 2014. He was among fellow inductees whose backgrounds spanned advertising, public relations, investigative reporting, broadcast and sportswriting and cartooning.

The Shriver Report The Fourth Wall of Empathy

Empathy

When Rick Raemisch, Colorado’s new Chief of Corrections, asked to spend time in solitary confinement at a prison in Cañon City, some people thought he had lost it. But Raemisch, in an effort to ignite a larger discussion about the overuse of solitary confinement, knew he needed to walk the walk in...