I was trying out some new image capture software and got into taking some screenshots of some...
people and performance
National Employee UN-Appreciation DAY needed
This will be a short post and one focused on something I see as a pretty important issue. Today...
The Workplace and the Work – Thoughts on the 8-hour day
I've posted up a number of things about the workplace over the years, and also about a lot of the...
Trust and Respect: Should you force your managers to lie, PlanetFitness?
I wrote a few weeks ago about the Wade Hampton PlanetFitness gym and their apparent policy of zero...
Zero Engagement at PlanetFitness?
For almost a year, I have gone to the PlanetFitness operation not far from my office. They did a...
Issues of Workplace Over-Connectedness and Vacation Day Giveaways
This is the third post in this series on working, over-connectedness and the reality that many are...
A Few Stats on Workplace Fantasy Football
I thought that this was interesting data, so I report it here: Fantasy Football’s cost to lost...
Quotes by James Madison about Liberty and Freedom
I sometimes get political because I AM focused on people and performance, goals and expectations,...
Weed Killers, Bug Killers and Organizational Development
We spend a LOT of money on weed control and bug killers for our yards and gardens. We spend tiny...
Workplace Happiness – Why are so many unhappy?
I sure wish I had a silver bullet on this issue of the workplace and how to make it better. There...
KISS – Keeping It Stupidly Simple – A Square Wheels Poster on Collaboration
Complex, convoluted and risky. That is today's workplace for most people. Nothing seems simple...
Working while Not Working – The Problem of Overconnectedness
I wrote a blog up a year ago about statistics on work and working and the interconnection with...
The Actual Impossibility of Engagement – An Organizational Reality
Check me on this if you can, but we keep talking about improving workplace performance by the...
Is ENGAGEMENT even possible, today?
For all the statistics showing that employee engagement is really low and the surveys showing 2/3...
Facilitation Tools, Corporate Team Building Events and Business Haiku
Content curation is a relatively new thing for me, although I have been a collector of all things...