New Book: Applied Humanism: How to Create more Effective and Ethical Businesses
You can’t understand humanistic business management unless you understand what humanism is. This book provides a short introduction to the philosophy of humanism and discusses how and why it is being applied to business and why it is so effective when you do so. Humanism helps us prioritize human value as important. It supports positive interpersonal relationships and collaborative and respectful decision-making. Since all businesses are in the business of solving problems, good problem solving is essential to good business.
On March 22nd 2019, Rob Briner, Professor of Organizational Psychology in the School of Business and Management at Queen Mary University of London, joined the Humanistic Professionals for a lunch and learn on evidence based management.
Key take-aways were:
It is important to cross validate your sources of information
Question why you want to do the things you do. What are you really trying to accomplish. Define your project and ideal outcome before you look for a solution
You don't 
Submitted by Jennifer Hancock
How we think about human resources matter. Are human resources - resources to be exploited? Or collaborators in capital development? This article - from Non-profit Quarterly - on how non-profits can and should transform how they think of their employees is relevant to all people interested in humanistic management.
"Rather than conceiving of these forms of [human] capital as something our organizations extract, we should think of them as precious resources to 
