Mark FreinHR and Ethics in the WorkplaceAn exploration into the ethical work of the contemporary HR professional19 min read·Aug 15, 2022--1--1
Mark FreinPolitics @ Work:What if we designed our work communities to support deliberative disagreements?8 min read·May 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…6 min read·May 6, 2020--3--3
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…3 min read·Mar 13, 2020--1--1
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…11 min read·Dec 10, 2019--1--1
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…8 min read·Dec 9, 2019--2--2
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…13 min read·Sep 10, 2019----
Mark FreinIn-Person Moments:How to Make the Best of On-sites When Off-site/Remote is the Norm6 min read·Jun 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…7 min read·May 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…9 min read·May 3, 2019--3--3
