This is a short blog about Frederick Taylor and his thoughts on MANAGEMENT (1911), something I...
workplace performance improvement
Reflection: “Don’t Just DO Something, Stand There.“
Perspective and Reflection. These are two valuable tools. And the key idea is, "Stand There." Take...
Stop Asking Supervisors to Pull Harder. Give Them Better Wheels like AI Tools
Stop asking supervisors to pull harder and give them better wheels like AI tools and help them...
Toxic Workplaces and Supervisors: Choices That Protect People and Improve Performance
Thoughts on Toxic Workplaces and Supervisors and the choices that protect people and improve...
Ditch the Training Manual: Use Square Wheels and Drive Real Performance
Ditch the Training Manual: Facilitate with Square Wheels images to drive real workplace...
We CANNOT expect involvement and engagement if we play the Blame Frame Game
It comes down to this: We CANNOT expect involvement and engagement if we play the Blame Frame...
Supervisor Hellscape? Apparently, Not Always
There IS a Supervisor Hellscape out there. I document it any number of times with statistics and...
From Square Wheels to Round-Wheel Ideas: Using Praxis Live to turn Participation Into Workplace Innovation
Turning Participation Into Workplace Innovation using Praxis Live. What our short program for The...
Losing Gen Z workers? Supervisors can make a difference!
Gen Z workplace challenges often reflect an expectations mismatch, not motivation problems....
Silly Square Wheel / Round Wheel One-Liner Jokes
As most of us know, things roll around on silly Square Wheels and there must be a joke or two in...
Why Teams Stop Pushing Their Wagons
When people STOP pushing their wagon, supervisors can use a simple facilitation process to rebuild...
Un-Dis-Engagement – Improving Motivation and Facilitating Workplace Improvement
Un-Dis-Engagement is a framework for impacting dis-engaged people, about and removing the beliefs...
Your Wagon Has Square Wheels. What Does Your Team See?
Ask 5 people what is slowing things down, and you probably get 5 different answers. Each person...
Would You Like to Join the Facilitators’ Guild?
Would You Like to Join the Facilitators’ Guild? I think you would find it of great benefit for...
A bit more on Red Brick Thinking and Square Wheels
Find my first blog on Red Brick Thinking® here. This blog extends that initial work and adds some...