I plan on doing a whole series of posts around some survey results by my friend and colleague,...
manager as motivator
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...
Too Busy and Somewhat Disengaged – an illustration of workplace reality
For the past 25 years, we have been playing with various Square Wheel® images around people and...
The Square Wheels Controversy – LEGO or Line-Art?
Since 1993, I have been presenting workshops internationally using a series of line-art images...
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...
Employee Engagement is OVER? Maybe that is a good thing!
An email from Mercer/Sirota today was headlined, "Employee Engagement is so over! Ok, maybe not...
Round Wheels of Today are the Square Wheels of Tomorrow – Thoughts on Continuous Continuous Improvement
Simple thoughts on how things really work in most organizations, set up as a haiku: In any work...
Innovation, Motivation and Supervisory Facilitation – The Square Wheels Project
There are plenty of good tools out there for generating new ideas and momentum about innovating in...
Team Coaching – Facilitating Engagement and Innovation
Team Coaching! We should expect all of our managers to have the skills for facilitating engagement...
Servant Leadership and The Search for The Lost Dutchman’s Gold Mine – ideas for owners
We have a great global network of people who own and deliver our Lost Dutchman teambuilding...
Spring Forward Monday – Focused Innovation and Engagement Tools for after Daylight Savings Time
Spring Ahead with Motivated Action on Monday, March 12th What is Spring Forward Monday? It's a...
Google’s Unexpected Discovery that Soft Skills Create the Most Success
Think Google, think Research, and think Leadership. And then cogitate on the factors that Google...
Joan’s 2017 Santa Poem and Haiku about Teamwork and Improvement
Every year, Joan writes and illustrates a poem about the pressures on Santa Clause to improve and...
Thanksgiving Progress – People and Performance
Thanksgiving here in the US translates well to the workplace when a "table is set" with the...