Some thoughts of mine on how I work around some of the issues of managing and leading change. One...
Involving and Engaging People
Some Punchlines on “Teaching The Caterpillar to Fly!”
For nearly 20 years, I have been playing with this theme of caterpillars, butterflies and change...
Best Square Wheels Answers
Joan had asked me to do some writing around using Square Wheels® for some marketing videos,...
On Dissociation and Innovative Thinking – Stepping Back from The Wagon
On a LinkedIn group discussion on innovation and "Thinking out of the box," I posted up some of my...
Innovation – Myths versus Continuous Continuous Improvement
James Gardner, in his book, "Sidestep and Twist," talks about innovation and spending and the fact...
The Paradox of Resistance to Innovation – Risk and Choice
The global recession pushes more leaders and managers to think about failure and its prevention in...
The Elephant in the Room – Line Managers are the Trainers (All others fail)
More and more, I am convinced that the KEY training people in organizations do not reside in the...
In The Beginning – Thoughts on strategies and motivation
I am just back from a great trip to India, part of which focused on themes of strategy...
Beware Best Practices, They Can Kill Productivity, Innovation and Growth – Adopt Facebook, Linked-in, Twitter
REALLY?? Best Practices can KILL productivity, innovation and growth? Someone wrote that as an...
Ideas, Innovation and Strategy Implementation – Getting Things Done More Better Faster
I have loved this quote since I first heard it 15 years ago at a conference: If we're not getting...
On Brainstorming and workplace productivity improvement
I recently responded to a LinkedIn post on the theme of Brainstorming. And I am reminded about how...
Improving Service Profitability by Engaging Employees
Service Sells. It is as simple as that. A 2009 Gallup study found that organizations with...
Thoughts on Purposeful Meeting Openers and Icebreakers
One of my LinkedIn groups had a post where the trainer wanted to start a class focused on...