I was chatting with a human resources director and we were planning the presentation of The...
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Choice and Empowerment – Really? How about Motivation…
In his newsletter, my friend Brian Remer wrote a book review and posted up some of his thinking...
Build a bedbug detector / trap for $20
Yeah, bedbugs. I don't have them, don't want them, do things to avoid getting them when traveling...
The Square Wheels really ARE everywhere!
I have been saying that for a long long time. It just seems like a lot of things just do not work...
Working while Working – and while on Vacation, too?
I just read one post in a newsletter about working during working hours and doing something else...
Superstitions, Behavior, and Friday the 13th
In the email this morning was a short article on “Workplace Superstitions” sent to me in the...
The Most Contaminated Surfaces in your Traveling
I was reading an interesting article about hotel rooms, that I will duplicate below, and it...
How does Lost Dutchman compare to other team building exercises?
The Search for The Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine is a unique teambuilding exercise in the global...
Team Building and Collaboration for Performance Improvement – Large Event Management
The past week has been really interesting, since I have had the chance to talk to a lot of people...
Great, Fun new novel I just read…
This is not my normal blog posting but I just finished a new novel that I thought was really funny...
Thoughts on Motivation and Engagement
When in India, I did a series of short videos on different questions asked of me regarding my...
Defense is not good for Innovation – Thoughts on Engagement for Innovation
There was an interesting thread on the Innovation Excellence group on LinkedIn, one that talks...
4 Hours for Innovation. What to do to optimize results…
As a consultant or trainer, let's say you only have 4 hours to help a group of managers or...
UNC – Clemson Basketball – The Streak
Okay, I just can't help myself... My University of North Carolina basketball team beat Clemson...
Proof that meetings make you brain-dead!
Here is proof that meetings make you brain-dead and that un-engagement and un-creativity, as...