Our Journal
Where we think out loud about leadership, business, transformation and the
messy, beautiful work of building something meaningful.
Have we forgot about humans during recruitment?
If job hunting is like a first date, we’ve started sending robots to the restaurant to screen each other for 'optimal' criteria. We’ve optimized for efficiency, but we’re accidentally deleting the human soul of the process.
One Part Heart, One Part Structure: The Story Behind MatterBetter
Most partnerships begin with a project plan, but ours began with a shared passion for the architecture of how teams thrive. Discover the story behind MatterBetter and how our unique blend of heart and structure helps leaders align People, Purpose, and Process to build organizations that are as healthy as they are impactful.
Building Your Business Around What's Sacred: From Generic Values to Lived Reality
When you're truly committed to the path, you start building your life around your practice, not trying to fit your practice into your life." This isn't just spiritual wisdom—it’s the fundamental principle that separates powerful organizations from the rest.
The Hidden Value of Disagreement: Why Our Internal Debate is Your Secret to Success
Most consulting firms promise consensus. We promise conflict.
When you hire MatterBetter, we guarantee you won't receive a solution that our team simply "agreed on." In fact, if every person on our team immediately agrees on the answer to your complex problem, we haven’t done our job.
What if the time we spend at work didn't require us to escape from it?
We operate on a worldview of separateness: work is separate from life, leadership is separate from feeling. But humans aren't machines that can compartmentalize indefinitely, and denying our interconnection costs us our energy, our creativity, and our ability to see clearly.
Is the modern hiring process broken?
Today’s hiring process is fast, automated, and often dehumanizing. From instant rejections to unpaid “auditions,” we’re setting the wrong tone for how people experience work. What if we designed hiring as the first act of care?