"Nobody ever washes a rental car." I've been using this phrase for dozens of years, since it...
Performance Management Blog
Ideas on People and Performance, Team Building, Motivation and Innovation
On Trial and Error, Blame Frames and Gotcha’s: Engagement? Innovation? Really?
Engagement and Innovation are NOT easy things to do, yet they can be accomplished if one remembers...
Keeping Things Simple – Involving and Engaging
Over the 45 years that I have played with issues around involving and engaging people for...
Defense is not good for Innovation – Thoughts on Engagement for Innovation
There was an interesting thread on the Innovation Excellence group on LinkedIn, one that talks...
4 Hours for Innovation. What to do to optimize results…
As a consultant or trainer, let's say you only have 4 hours to help a group of managers or...
Some Old Thoughts and Data on The Workplace
I've been collecting stuff forever, saving statistics and quotes and tidbits into computer files,...
Active Learning, Reflection and Performance – Thoughts by Mel Silberman
My last blog was on debriefing learning to better impact performance and was stimulated by a...
On Debriefing Learning – My experiential framework on performance gain
Just a short post here, with more to come. I think this issue of debriefing is a very critical...
UNC – Clemson Basketball – The Streak
Okay, I just can't help myself... My University of North Carolina basketball team beat Clemson...
Proof that meetings make you brain-dead!
Here is proof that meetings make you brain-dead and that un-engagement and un-creativity, as...
Managing Attention in Discussions and Meetings
or, Managing for Engaging and Involving... I've been lucky in that I have been able to share ideas...
Chickens, Teaching, Honesty, Thinking and Innovation – a story
An acquaintance who is always sharing stories and jokes sent me a good one. And the more I thought...