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A Square Wheels Christmas Story
Reindeer gazed in wonderment, perplexed at this strange sight. It’s a Square-Wheeled "wagon...
Season’s Greetings
We published this 4 years ago. Check with our blog to see some new ones in a day or two: I...
Godzilla Meets Bambi – Simple thoughts on creativity, innovation and leadership
Here is what happens if I let my brain wander around. I got online today and saw a post that got...
The Isolation of Leadership = A Desk is a Dangerous Place from which to View the World
I've been using the Square Wheels One illustration for a long time, since 1993, and reactions to...
What do Elves do to Learn and Improve?
You got to hand it to the Elves of the world, since they are the ones who get most things done....
Thoughts on Optimal Team Sizes and Intrinsic Motivation for Results
Andrea Goodridge posed the following question in a LinkedIn discussion: "What is the optimal team...
Simple thoughts on Extrinsic Motivation
Sometimes, I am not sure what triggers the motivation for me to pop into here and write up a blog....
What I hope for: The Workplace
I was asked for a 500-word "wish" to be published by another organization and I thought to repost...
Teamwork, Peer Support and the idea of Dis-Un-Engagement
People need support. On the playing field, the players have each other pushing them in their...
Dis-Un-Engagement and The Lesson of The Monkeys
Ah, the Internet. And StumbleUpon. And Research on behavior. And Creative Genius. I love it when...
Performance Management – what it is (and isn’t)
WAY back in 1978, I started consulting after a short career as a psychology professor. It just...
Moron Engagement – The Concept of Dis-Un-Engagement
This post is about doing things differently. It is about looking for ways to remove the things...
Square Wheels, Mixed Levels of Management, and Implementation Success
I got a great question in an email this morning that triggered this post on how to implement...
Ideas and Images – The Brain Sees New Possibilities
I've been interested in illusions and creativity and brain functioning since the 1970s and have...