I was asked to write about how does teamwork influence Design Thinking for a newsletter and I...
Change Facilitation
Engage People for Performance Improvement
The manager is the key to engagement and engagement is the key to performance improvement. Here...
Haiku on Fear, Perspective and Teamwork
Occasionally, I play with Haiku and use it with images to impact thinking. Here is one on Fear,...
Why are Square Wheels presentations impactful?
Square Wheels® presentations are unusual because of the very useful metaphor that is the anchor of...
What makes a great executive retreat?
Eliza Farri ended a really good article, "What makes a great executive retreat" (HBR - July 4....
Radical Reinvention and Culture Change
The reality of change in big, legacy organizations is that it needs a radical reinvention of how...
Change is Good. You Go First!
Years ago, I read the title of this in The Dilbert Principles, and the phrase has stuck with me as...
Dealing with Spectator Sheep — Because you can!
Spectator Sheep. You know who they are and what they do – they stand on the outside of what is...
Decreasing Resistance to Change — The Finger, Arm and Leg Exercise for facilitating discussion
In The Dilbert Principles, Dilbert said, "Change is good. You go first." That one little quip...
How do I generate new and improved outcomes in meetings?
Yesterday, I answered a Quora question about effective workplace team building activities and how...
Play the Fool, Achieve Hero Leadership
David Riklin caught my attention a while ago with one of those quotes that says a lot more than it...
Thoughts on Missions, Visions and Values
The issues around Missions, Visions and Values are critically important and deserve a lot of...
Purpose, Blind Spots, and Next Questions
Three new "posters" using the same Square Wheels One image all came together in my head this...
MORE on being “Too Busy” to implement new improvements
GENERALLY, most workers in most organizations will say that management does a pretty poor job of...
Too Busy and Somewhat Disengaged – an illustration of workplace reality
Workers and managers tend to be too busy and somewhat disengaged from connecting with each other...