A few people have written that the Square Wheels One image is a negative view of how organizations...
Change Facilitation
Teaching the Caterpillar to Fly – A Slideshare program
Teaching the Caterpillar to Fly is the theme of my ideas on managing and leading change. I have...
Puppies and Performance Improvement – Random Thoughts…
Much of my thinking involves that metaphor of a wooden wagon rolling on Square Wheels with a cargo...
Intrinsic Motivation and Engagement – Training is NOT the answer
Here are a series of my old Square Wheels line art images and some thoughts about intrinsic...
Continuous Continuous Improvement found by The Caterpillar!
The caterpillar in all of us will probably discover that the world is all about "continuous...
Square Wheels and Round Wheels and Issues of Innovation
In my morning email was a note from Allan Mees along with a picture. His thought was that the...
Perfect Play — How can an organization understand what it needs to accomplish to maximize success?
Thirty years of working with organizations may have taught me a couple of things. One is that a...
Common Traps when Debriefing – some ideas from Roger Greenaway
Roger Greenaway is a superb facilitator. Even though we have never met, we run in similar loops...
Thanksgiving, Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine, and poems for followup
I've been building up a series of illustrations to use for following up on training and many of...
Square Peg, Round Holes and Motivating and Engaging for Performance Improvement
This is a little ditty that Joan cooked up for an email to our customers and prospects and I...
An interview on leadership and engagement with Dr. Scott Simmerman
In the published interview discussion below, Dr. Scott Simmerman, managing partner of Performance...
Murphy's Law, Reframed
Murphy's Law is pretty basic and to the point: Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong. As to...
Some simple thoughts and quotes on change
There are lots of possibilities for improvement of people and organizations and the list is...
Teaching The Caterpillar to Fly – Thoughts on Change – Part Five
This is Part Five of our five-part post on Teaching The Caterpillar to Fly, the issues surrounding...
Teaching The Caterpillar to Fly – Thoughts on Change – Part Four
This is about Teaching The Caterpillar to Fly – Thoughts on managing and leading Change Square...