I got three fast notes from an HR director from an Indian company this morning. He and I had...
Metaphors for business improvement
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...
Trust in the Sand
My colleagues in Romania just sent me an email about one of their blog posts on leadership that...
If not you, WHO? If not now, WHEN?
If not you, WHO? If not now, WHEN? I love that short little quote about personal accountability...
Engagement – Think Local, Act Local
I was reading an article on adapting things like HomeKit and Echo into the way people interact...
Facilitating Workplace Improvement: Herding Cats and Frogs
Some thoughts and ideas about managing the unmanageable. And some cute videos. You CAN herd cats if you have your act together, maybe…
Santa’s Square Wheels Performance Improvement Poem
A special Holidays greeting to you with the hope that an illustrated "Getting Santa Rolling" poem...
WHAM! The Square Wheels Guy sees a Round Wheel
I shared this story with a couple of associates last night and both said I should blog about it....
It’s about Perspective Opportunity, People!
Perception. Breakfast of Champions. Or some such thing. Stepping back from the wagon to look for...
Innovation and Thinking – Cognitive Dissonance and Creativity
There are plenty of good tools out there for generating new ideas and momentum about innovating in...
Bad Team Building Ideas for Trust and Performance Improvement
There are a LOT of Bad Team Building Ideas for Trust and Performance Improvement out there. I...
Innovation and Change: BIG Sale on Square Wheels!
A conversation turns into an idea and then an illustration is produced. That seems how creativity...
The Neuroscience behind Square Wheels: Behavioral Neurobiology
The Science of Brain and Behavior, explained through LEGO and using Square Wheels images for...
Facilitation and Motivation – Ideas for workplace improvement
"Fear is the Mindkiller," was repeated incessantly in the Dune books of Frank Herbert. Fear is...