The old brainstorming process works. It just does not work very well. And there are lots of ideas...
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Two Miles of Ditch for Every Mile of Road – Thoughts on Teamwork and Collaboration
Teamwork and Collaboration. Great thoughts and a wonderful concept for organizations. But then...
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...
Teaching the Caterpillar to Fly
For 20 years, I have been playing with my Square Wheels cartoons and using the metaphor in a...
Your Brain – Use It! And some thoughts on how it works
It has been an interesting week and a couple of things prompt me to write a little bit about...
Engage-Ability: Some thoughts on people and performance
There has been a lot of things being asked about engagement and involvement as well as issues...
Dis-Un-Engagement – thoughts for impacting employee engagement in the workplace
A series of different LinkedIn posts in my lists have focused on the general theme of "employee...
Nothing Made Sense… Who cares!
There was a post up in one of my LinkedIn groups about the fact that there is another definition...
The Customer sets the price for our Square Wheels Facilitation Toolkit!
Please note: We stopped this promotion a while back. People continued to pay our retail price for...
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...
Keeping Things Simple – Involving and Engaging
In the past couple of days, I have been involved in some really long and even somewhat convoluted...
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...
Metaphors as Tools for Organizational Improvement
Ah, LinkedIn. Sometimes, a post in there just triggers some good thinking on my part (or at least...
Coaching: All the Managers, All the Time
In one of the LinkedIn discussions I participated in recently, the theme was about why coaching is...
Funny Thoughts and Ideas on “Teaching the Caterpillar to Fly”
Some thoughts of mine on how I work around some of the issues of managing and leading change. One...