Three new "posters" using the same Square Wheels One image all came together in my head this...
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Contributing Improvement Ideas. The BOSS is the biggest issue
I plan on doing a whole series of posts around some survey results by my friend and colleague,...
Business Haiku on Supervisors, Training and Facitation
Here is a business haiku (5, 7 and 5 syllables) that is congruent with my thinking of the issue of...
MORE on being “Too Busy” to implement new improvements
GENERALLY, most workers in most organizations will say that management does a pretty poor job of...
Team Bonding. Engagement. Innovation – an Animated Square Wheels Icebreaker
Interested in a simple-to-use, engaging, experiential framework to generate active involvement in...
People, Performance, and Robotics – Let’s focus on PEOPLE!
Thoughts on getting things done as we see more and more use of artificial intelligence in more and...
Spring Forward Monday – Focused Innovation and Engagement Tools for after Daylight Savings Time
We tried to package a set of tools that could be used on the Monday morning meeting, calling it...
Branding, Change, Marketing and Square Wheels
We sell simple tools for communications and engagement and have been doing it now for 25 years. We...
Managers – How Square Wheels can impact their workplaces
I got three fast notes from an HR director from an Indian company this morning. He and I had...
Disruptive Engagement, Supervisors, Empowerment and Performance Improvement
I listened to a great presentation yesterday by Mercer on managing engagement, the need to focus...
Corporate Engagement Hasn’t Worked – Why not try Disruptive Engagement?
What is your reaction to these statements? "I'm from Human Resources and I am here to help you."...
Engagement – Think Local, Act Local
I was reading an article on adapting things like HomeKit and Echo into the way people interact...
Spring Forward Monday™ is March 13, 2017 – A Square Wheels® Solution
Okay, March 13 is a Monday. But it is also the Monday after Sunday morning's loss of an hour's...
Facilitating Workplace Improvement: Herding Cats and Frogs
Some thoughts and ideas about managing the unmanageable. And some cute videos. You CAN herd cats if you have your act together, maybe…
Poem on Performance Improvement and Training
For two dozen years, I have used a "strength building" illustration as step one to discuss how...