The focus of this post is Patti Smith's song "People Have the Power" and redesigning meetings with...
manager as motivator
Better Roadblock Management – Un-Dis-Empowering Workers
Many people have the idea that you can somehow empower people. The reality is that...
Supervisors: Is Anybody Listening
“Anybody Listening?” This post is about Square Wheels, Supervisors, and the courage to really HEAR...
“Silent Lucidity,” Square Wheels, and the Supervisor’s Superpower
A song delivers a better leadership lesson than the management books. “Silent Lucidity” is a...
Generative Imaging for Organizational Change
"Generative Imaging" for Organizational Change focuses on leadership and organizational...
StoryAsking is better than StoryTelling
StoryAsking is better than StoryTelling because you actively involving others in developing their...
Rolling Over Distractions: How Square Wheels Supercharges Engagement
Rolling Over Distractions: How Square Wheels Supercharges Engagement in a World of 47-Second...
Emotional Metacognition
Emotional Metacognition: Using Square Wheels images and metaphors to enable and change how people...
Employee Appreciation Day – Ideas for Supervisors
Employee Appreciation Day: Some ideas for supervisors to stop the Wagon, Ask and Enable the People...
Unlocking Better Problem Solving
Unlocking Better Problem Solving: How Square Wheels Images Transform Thinking and Workplace...
Square Wheels, Round Wheels, and Real Commitment
“Square Wheels, Round Wheels, and Real Commitment: Why Accountability and Contribution Are the...
From Spectator Sheep to Co‑Creators: Using Square Wheels to Change Minds at Work”
Most managers try to change attitudes with more data, more logic, and more PowerPoint, and then...
Progress Beats Motivation: Using Square Wheels to Drive Change
The pressure on supervisors these days is intense and immense: hit the numbers, keep people...
Square Wheels One and Driving Flow
Driving FLOW and decreasing Friction through the Power of a Simple Image: How Square Wheels One...
The World’s Best Facilitation Tool
Square Wheels: What they are and why they’re the world’s best facilitation tool -- and ideas on...