Lenny Bruce, known for his sharp wit and incisive social commentary, would likely have found the...
Brainstorming techniques
A Simple Problem Solving Tool for Engagement and Innovation
Here is a simple problem solving tool for engagement and innovation focused on the who, what,...
Monkeys, Management and Motivation – Simple Ideas
A blog about issues around corporate cultures and normative behaviors that make no apparent sense,
Facilitating? What are we accomplishing?
I play with LEGO. Yeah, and I do it in my training sessions too, focusing on the theme that things...
Learning Skills, Note Taking, and Improving Performance
I will admit that I was never much of a student when in school. It was an 82 average in high...
Better Roadblock Management – Dis-Un-Empowerment and Square Wheels
My regular readers know that I use images and metaphors to express a lot of my thinking. My basic...
Challengers: People to play Devil's Advocate and Contrarians
Everyday news is awash with examples of bad corporate decisions, the ones that make you wonder,...
Elephants, Line Managers and Workplace Engagement
More and more, I am convinced that the key training people in organizations do not reside in HR /...
Brainstorming and Implementation – That DOES work…
In the past year or so, there have been a number of articles and writings on the theme that...
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...
Murphy's Law, Reframed
Murphy's Law is pretty basic and to the point: Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong. As to...
Poems and Cartoons on Performance – Engaging Ideas
Since 1993, I have been using cartoons as tools for conversations. The illustrations are simple...
Roll Better Ideas Forward – Improve Engagement and Innovation
The old brainstorming process works. It just does not work very well. And there are lots of ideas...
Dot-Voting and Square Wheels for Innovation Ideas and Improved Shared Ownership
I will suggest you use Dot-Voting and Square Wheels for Innovation Ideas and Improved Shared...
What are The Square Wheels Toolkits and why do they work so well?
Since 1993, we have been working with interactive "cartoons" and sharing the related tools as...