GENERALLY, most workers in most organizations will say that management does a pretty poor job of...
Metaphors for business improvement
Too Busy and Somewhat Disengaged – an illustration of workplace reality
Workers and managers tend to be too busy and somewhat disengaged from connecting with each other...
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
The Round Wheels of Today ARE the Square Wheels of Tomorrow -- simply because things often...
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
We tried to package a set of tools that could be used on the Monday morning meeting, calling it...
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.
Happy New Year – Simple Ideas for Reframing and Future-Focusing
Here are some thoughts around 2023 and team building and the general theme of Kindness. MY...
Great new Lost Dutchman Teambuilding Exercise Updates
One of the world's very best teambuilding simulations just got better. And we guarantee...
Branding, Change, Marketing and Square Wheels
We sell simple tools for communications and engagement and have been doing it now for 25 years. We...
Disruptive Engagement – 6 Blogs and 4 Illustrations
Disruptive Engagement is our reframe about the involvement and engagement of people in the...
Managers – How Square Wheels can impact their workplaces
I got three fast notes from an HR director from an Indian company this morning. He and I had...
The Christopher Columbus Award for Leadership
We were playing around with ideas for "Leadership Awards" a few years ago and I had my artist, Roy...
Disruptive Engagement, Supervisors, Empowerment and Performance Improvement
I listened to a great presentation yesterday by Mercer on managing engagement, the need to focus...