An interesting telephone conversation this morning got me thinking that it might be a good thing...
employee engagement
Intrinsic Motivation and Engagement – Training is NOT the answer
"A desk is a dangerous place from which to view the world." I read that in an old John Le Carre...
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 a five-part post on issues surrounding people and performance and managing and...
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...
Sabotage, Defense, Engagement and Workplace Collaboration
Here are some issues and statistics and framework around the issue of employee workplace sabotage...
Dot-Voting and Square Wheels for Innovation Ideas and Improved Shared Ownership
There is a real need to generate active involvement and engagement and to link that energy to...
Thoughts on building a high performance environment – Teamwork and Flow
"Flow" is a simple concept that relates challenges to skills, with the understanding that the two...
Managing The Mavericks – Caring for the High Maintenance Employee
Lisa Woods penned a really great article on managing the people who are the atypical and hard to...
Debriefing and Facilitating for Organizational Improvement – Games versus Exercises
Fun versus Value. Activity versus Learning. These seem to be age old mysteries anchored to...
Is HR the Puppet Master or the Puppet?
There was a great post this morning by Dan Rockwell on his blog, part of which I reproduce here...