Mark FreinHR and Ethics in the WorkplaceAn exploration into the ethical work of the contemporary HR professionalAug 15, 20221Aug 15, 20221
Mark FreinPolitics @ Work:What if we designed our work communities to support deliberative disagreements?May 9, 2021May 9, 2021
Mark FreinWhy I Joined Lambda School As Chief People OfficerMy father likes to tell the story of when he went to the financial aid office at Carleton College, a liberal-arts school outside of…May 6, 20203May 6, 20203
Mark FreinWork in the Time of Covid-19Today, schools shut down in Austin, TX and my 5 year-old and 8 year-old woke to the happy news (for them!) that they wouldn’t be going to…Mar 13, 20201Mar 13, 20201
Mark FreinCareer, Life, and the Remarkable Beauty of Figuring It Out Along the WayI’m turning the big 5–0 in 2020 and fortunately haven’t been hit with any of the standard crises of “midlife” (optimistically thinking 49…Dec 10, 20191Dec 10, 20191
Mark FreinRemote Tools 1: I Got ZoomedI have wanted to do a short piece series on remote tools for a while. We are still in the infancy, in my view, of the remote work…Dec 9, 20192Dec 9, 20192
Mark FreinThe Company Culture ConundrumCompany culture has become big business. Last week, Culture Amp, perhaps the leading “culture tech” company world-wide secured $82m in…Sep 10, 2019Sep 10, 2019
Mark FreinIn-Person Moments:How to Make the Best of On-sites When Off-site/Remote is the NormJun 7, 2019Jun 7, 2019
Mark FreinThe Virtue of Fallibility for LeadersThe notion of ennobling character traits or virtues has a long history. Greek philosopher Aristotle described a system of ethics based on…May 21, 2019May 21, 2019
Mark FreinThe Distributed WorkplaceI’m Mark, and I work at InVision, one of the largest all-remote/distributed workplaces in the world. In the last few years, remote…May 3, 20193May 3, 20193
