For almost a year, I have gone to the PlanetFitness operation not far from my office. They did a...
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Susan Saves Santa Saving Christmas – a LEGO Square Wheels Story
I just posted up a blog about creativity in my poems blog, illustrated with some random LEGO...
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,...
Good Teambuilding? Bad Teambuilding? Leadership?
We're running with a twitter thread around the link of #baaadteambuilding, with a goal of...
The Future of Work, The Future of The Workplace
It's dangerous for me to sit and read, sometimes, since my mind goes off into different...
Innovation, Infrastructure and Africa – Square Wheels or Round Wheel Choices
For the past 10 years or so, I have been reading the works of my pal, Brian Paxton, in South...
PMC's Team Building Activities – Comparison Matrix
The pressure is on -- people want me to bring forth my new game design on strategy implementation,...
A Desk is a Dangerous Place – Thoughts on Innovation and Implementation
I responded to a LinkedIn post about the issues of innovation and implementation. It was started...
Entrepreneurial Terror – How can anyone else understand?
One of my most favorite articles of all time is one by Wilson Harrell, then an editor of Inc....
Asking Key Questions to Generate Intrinsic Motivation and Engagement
If you are a regular reader of my blogs, you know that we write extensively on issues of teamwork,...
Keeping It Stupidly Simple – Thoughts on Teams and Teamwork
In a recent LinkedIn thread on leadership, Bob Whipple posted up a short note on "4 Essential...
You CAN herd frogs! Thoughts on Strategy Implementation
Herding cats is a metaphor for trying to organize something unorganizable. So here are some funny thoughts about workplace improvement.
Susan's Courage on Innovating her workplace – a Square Wheels / LEGO Story
The fun continues. And I just updated the slideshare to make the dialog more interesting about how...
Reflection and Innovation: Don’t Just DO Something, Stand There
This statement, Don't Just DO Something, Stand There! describes the action that we have been...
Workplace Happiness – Why are so many unhappy?
I sure wish I had a silver bullet on this issue of the workplace and how to make it better. There...