There was an interesting thread on the Innovation Excellence group on LinkedIn, one that talks...
Managing and leading change
4 Hours for Innovation. What to do to optimize results…
As a consultant or trainer, let's say you only have 4 hours to help a group of managers or...
Commitment to Employee Development is good! Engagement? Coaching?
In 2010, employers spent more on employees' development than ever before: businesses in the United...
Facilitation. Why? Ownership Involvement and Employee Engagement
As I was updating some of my orientation thoughts in some of the toolkits I sell, I got into...
Metaphors as Tools for Organizational Improvement
Ah, LinkedIn. Sometimes, a post in there just triggers some good thinking on my part (or at least...
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...