A grad-school colleague who was a self-described Devil's Advocate was always challenging...
Change Facilitation
Engagement, Communications and Building Teams
We talk about engagement, but it does not appear too often if one looks at the myriad of...
Thoughts on Change and Choice – a Square Wheels LEGO cartoon
I was thinking about a discussion about climate change and decision-making and "considered...
You CAN herd frogs! Thoughts on Strategy Implementation
Herding cats is a metaphor for trying to organize something unorganizable. So here are some funny thoughts about workplace improvement.
Susan's Courage on Innovating her workplace – a Square Wheels / LEGO Story
The fun continues. And I just updated the slideshare to make the dialog more interesting about how...
The Reality of Change, Innovation and Employee Engagement
The reality of change is that it takes new things to drive it forward. Innovation and employee...
Reflection and Innovation: Don’t Just DO Something, Stand There
This statement, Don't Just DO Something, Stand There! describes the action that we have been...
Workplace Happiness – Why are so many unhappy?
I sure wish I had a silver bullet on this issue of the workplace and how to make it better. There...
Debriefing Team Building Games – Some Ideas and Reactions
A few weeks ago, I posted up a 35-slide Slideshare compendium of some of the main debriefing...
A Dance of Change – something new?
It was funny to read a little blurb in the ASTD Training & Development magazine about an...
We CANNOT expect involvement and engagement if we play the Blame Frame Game
How can we motivate people when we make them defensive? How can we expect innovation and process...
Getting Things Done – Herding Frogs and Herding Cats
A couple of really good discussions on facilitation and implementation reminded me of The Theme of...
The Actual Impossibility of Engagement – An Organizational Reality
Check me on this if you can, but we keep talking about improving workplace performance by the...
Moron ENGAGEMENT, is it even possible today
The conversations about time availability for coaching and team building by supervisors continue...
Teamwork and Politics, Alligators and Sharks and Fear as a Motivator
Organizational Improvement and Performance Management and Innovation and Teamwork. These are real...