Square Wheels® are a series of images around a metaphor of how things really work. The images and...
Metaphors for business improvement
Haiku on Fear, Perspective and Teamwork
Occasionally, I play with Haiku and use it with images to impact thinking. Here is one on Fear,...
The Round Wheels of Change in a Square Wheeled World
Let's face it: Leaders resist change and ideas for improvement. The challenge is to give them some...
Day One of Teambuilding and Strategy for The Lost Dutchman’s Gold Mine
If you are wondering why this blog is specific to Day One of the 20 Days of play occurring in Lost...
Thinking Beyond the Carrot and Stick Theory of Performance
As it happens, the old carrot and stick theory of inspiring motivation is no longer the best way...
Thoughts on Flying Frogs and Human Performance – and some metaphors
A discussion about the major differences between appraisal and performance management along with a parable that tells a useful story and details a good metaphor about people getting things accomplished.
Godzilla, Bambi and Innovation and Creativity
Why does innovation and creativity sometimes seem so hard to generate? This is an old issue with...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Teamwork, Collaboration and Engagement – A tool for motivation and leadership
The Search for The Lost Dutchman’s Gold Mine is a powerful tool for organizational development, an exercise you can purchase as a board game or something you can now run online, focused on teambuilding with remote teams.