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Square Wheels – Going Viral on People and Performance
Jonah Berger's recent book, Contagious: Why Things Catch On, is about why things go viral in...
Managing The Mavericks – Caring for the High Maintenance Employee
Lisa Woods penned a really great article on managing the people who are the atypical and hard to...
What do you do when they do things PERFECTLY – some thoughts on team building
This blog is about Perfect Performance and shares some ideas about how we can support teams and...
Spring into Innovation – Some Thoughts about Involvement and Motivation
There are a lot of blogs and groups focused on the themes of innovation, and so many know so much...
Managers – Biggest Contributors or Biggest Problem?
Are Managers the Biggest Contributors or Biggest Problem? I strongly believe that they could be...
“We have met the enemy and He is US.” Pogo, Leadership and Management
Early in my career, there was a popular quote popping around attributed to Pogo, a cartoon series...
Thoughts on Hiring the Right Presenter for a large event
Here are some ideas for hiring the right presenter and improving impacts at large events and...
Workplace Motivation – “I Quit! Nevermind. Whatever…”
"I Quit! Nevermind. Whatever..." is my anchor point for what seems to happen often in the...
The Illusion of Innovation – Some ideas about creative thinking
Like everyone I know, I love to see those different illusions and to see how people so cleverly...
Debriefing and Facilitating for Organizational Improvement – Games versus Exercises
Fun versus Value. Activity versus Learning. These seem to be age old mysteries anchored to...
Is HR the Puppet Master or the Puppet?
There was a great post this morning by Dan Rockwell on his blog, part of which I reproduce here...
Ideas and Engagement – Building a Culture and Engagimentation
A LinkedIn discussion thread started with: What do you think are the main barriers for an employee...
Innovate & Implement – an exercise linked to getting things done
We've been playing with the design of a package focused on innovation for a couple of years. Since...
Innovation. Continuous Continuous Improvement. People. Engagement.
As I wrote this title, I thought: Keywords. Innovation. Continuous Continuous Improvement. People....