In the wake of legendary University of Tennessee women’s basketball coach Pat Summitt dying last month after a years-long battle with Alzheimer’s, thousands of her friends, family members, colleagues, supporters and former players gathered for a celebration of her life. Her rivals were there, too. Among them was Gino Auriemma, the University of Connecticut women’s […]

Southern Research physicist Jim Tucker has spent most of his career tackling the challenges that must be overcome to make space flight possible, so he knows all about the organization’s important contributions to the Space Shuttle and other programs. Tucker has also seen first-hand the impact of Southern Research’s breakthrough work in a completely different […]

For the next several months, FireSeeds will be featuring tips on how to “Sparq Your Culture” at work. For May, we are going to start with Story. We’ve found that in order to authentically engage with someone, you have to know their story. What we mean by story is this: the major life events that […]

FireSeeds is a Birmingham-based recruiting and leader development company. We have created a state of the art online platform, WildSparq, that launches leader development into every seat in an organization. Through the platform, organizations can now have dynamic team meetings around monthly leadership themes. For the next several months, we will be featuring tips on […]