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employee engagement
Is ENGAGEMENT even possible, today?
For all the statistics showing that employee engagement is really low and the surveys showing 2/3...
Team Building and Large Event Management Ideas
My network of consultant users is sharing the idea that the "large team building event business"...
On Teamwork, Trial and Error Improvement, and Blame Frames
Organizational improvement and teamwork tends to be a lot of trial and error improvement. The...
The Moose Joke: Scott Simmerman’s Best Closing Storyline for Presentations
Here is what I think is the best closing storyline out there, after attending a whole big bunch of...
Puppies and Performance Improvement – Random Thoughts…
Much of my thinking involves that metaphor of a wooden wagon rolling on Square Wheels with a cargo...
Square Wheels – NOT some simple model of organizational performance
An interesting telephone conversation this morning got me thinking that it might be a good thing...
Intrinsic Motivation and Engagement – Training is NOT the answer
Here are a series of my old Square Wheels line art images and some thoughts about intrinsic...
Square Wheels and really expensive alternatives to Round Wheels
John McDermott sent me a link to a device called a Cubli - I thought the video cute and then,...
Square Wheels, timing and rhyming on issues
Yes, viewers, Scott goes off on another creative tangent. I am hoping that you will find these...
The Play’s The Thing – More Cartoons on how organizations really work
Organizations need to make continuous progress on workplace improvements so that they can sustain...
Square Wheels and funny captions – The Joke is on Who?
Funny how the brain works... I got a list of slogans and tagwords for beauty products and computer...
Teaching The Caterpillar to Fly – Thoughts on Change – Part One
This is Part One of Teaching The Caterpillar to Fly - Thoughts on Change, a five-part post on...
Top Performers Least Engaged Workers? Low Performers Most Involved?
In 4 of 10 companies, low performers were more engaged than the high performers, a paradox that...
Managers. Leaders. Engagement. Involvement. Not! (And what we can do)
For the past two weeks, we have 50 or so people engaged in a LinkedIn conversation about: "We're...