Ah, LinkedIn. Sometimes, a post in there just triggers some good thinking on my part (or at least...
Managing and leading change
Funny Thoughts and Ideas on “Teaching the Caterpillar to Fly”
Some thoughts of mine on how I work around some of the issues of managing and leading change. One...
Some Punchlines on “Teaching The Caterpillar to Fly!”
For nearly 20 years, I have been playing with this theme of caterpillars, butterflies and change...
On Dissociation and Innovative Thinking – Stepping Back from The Wagon
On a LinkedIn group discussion on innovation and "Thinking out of the box," I posted up some of my...
The Paradox of Resistance to Innovation – Risk and Choice
The global recession pushes more leaders and managers to think about failure and its prevention in...
PRIDE – Issue or Opportunity?
One of the illustrations I have used over the years to focus on organizational paradoxes is this...
The Elephant in the Room – Line Managers are the Trainers (All others fail)
More and more, I am convinced that the KEY training people in organizations do not reside in the...
In The Beginning – Thoughts on strategies and motivation
I am just back from a great trip to India, part of which focused on themes of strategy...
Stress as a Motivator?
In the LinkedIn discussion that I mentioned in the previous post, the question arose as to whether...
Motivation? It is feedback, not extrinsic motivators, the drive performance
I think the biggest opportunity to improve performance is through good, positive, immediate...
Beware Best Practices, They Can Kill Productivity, Innovation and Growth – Adopt Facebook, Linked-in, Twitter
REALLY?? Best Practices can KILL productivity, innovation and growth? Someone wrote that as an...
Motivating People, Motivating Teams
Extrinsic Reward Systems are Perpetuating Workplace Problems There! I said it as clearly as I can....
Workplace Motivation Improvement – Easy!
It is commonly believed that the fate of many companies could be altered for the better if workers...
Simple thoughts on Innovation and Creativity and Change
We can find innovation difficult, especially when we are charged with helping to generate it in...
Motivation, Collaboration, Engagement and Dis-Un-Empowerment*
* Dis-un-empowerment: The removal of those performance-influencing factors (real or believed) that...