When in India, I did a series of short videos on different questions asked of me regarding my...
Performance Management Blog
Ideas on People and Performance, Team Building, Motivation and Innovation
Collaboration
My associates in Mumbai sent me a bunch of videos, and a week ago, Solomon Salvis mentioned that...
Facilitating Engagement, Alignment and Involvement with Cartoons
Let me share some ideas about facilitating engagement, alignment and involvement with cartoons, my...
Nobody ever washes a rental car – Thoughts on engagement and ownership
"Nobody ever washes a rental car." I've been using this phrase for dozens of years, since it...
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...