A blog about issues around corporate cultures and normative behaviors that make no apparent sense,
Involving and Engaging People
Are Managers simply BAD or is it the Workplace
This will be a short post, with a link to a solid article and one illustration. Gallup had an...
What is it with “Engagement?” Why can’t we drive it forward More Better Faster?
I was shocked and amazed to see, after we have spent billions of dollars on surveys and...
Workplace FUN – ONE stupidly simple idea
Gallup just published a report that showed that only 35% of male managers in the US are engaged in...
Meetings. Making Creative Sessions more Creatively Discussing
This will be a simple expansion of some ideas for how a supervisor might hold an involving and...
Teambuilding Exercise – Overview of Lost Dutchman’s Gold Mine
My associate in India emailed me with the info that he had just run his 169th session involving...
Jobs Demands-Resources Model explained with Square Wheels
In a really solid interview of Dr. Arnold Bakker, David Zinger (@DavidZinger) asks about the Jobs...
Presenteeism – They are IN but they are OUT
I was reading some news feeds and came across the word, "Presenteeism" in an HR thread. The term...
How many people have seen Square Wheels illustrations?
Got a problem with motivation, engagement or productivity and looking for a simple and bombproof,...
Images that Changed The World – 1972 and 2016
The image of The Blue Marble, taken in 1972 by the Apollo 17 crew on its trip to the Moon, is one...
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...
The Neuroscience behind Square Wheels: Behavioral Neurobiology
The Science of Brain and Behavior, explained through LEGO and using Square Wheels images for...
A LEGAL Approach to improving Engagement
I was reading a magazine focused on workplaces and came across an article discussing union...
Mining as much Gold as WE Can!
The theme of my flagship team building game focuses on optimization of results based on...
Facilitation and Motivation – Ideas for workplace improvement
"Fear is the Mindkiller," was repeated incessantly in the Dune books of Frank Herbert. Fear is...