I plan on doing a whole series of posts around some survey results by my friend and colleague,...
productivity improvement
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...
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...
Joan’s 2017 Santa Poem and Haiku about Teamwork and Improvement
Every year, Joan writes and illustrates a poem about the pressures on Santa Clause to improve and...
Branding, Change, Marketing and Square Wheels
We sell simple tools for communications and engagement and have been doing it now for 25 years. We...
“It makes sense to us” – Thoughts on disengagement and customer service quality
A trip to the library should be enlightening, and I read a lot of books so I go at least twice a...
Positive Disruptive Employee Engagement for Innovation and Motivation
Here are some thoughts around the idea of positive disruptive employee engagement. The anchor...
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...
FREE The Supervisor – thoughts on Disruptive Positive Active Engagement
Free The Supervisor might be my new chant as I continue to research and discuss and consider the...
Disruptive Engagement, Supervisors, Empowerment and Performance Improvement
I listened to a great presentation yesterday by Mercer on managing engagement, the need to focus...
Corporate Engagement Hasn’t Worked – Why not try Disruptive Engagement?
What is your reaction to these statements? "I'm from Human Resources and I am here to help you."...
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...
Continuous Continuous Improvement and Team Building
Dozens of years ago, when I chaired our local ASQC group, it was common to hear these quality...
Engagement – Think Local, Act Local
I was reading an article on adapting things like HomeKit and Echo into the way people interact...