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...
Some testimonials about our Team Building Exercise, Lost Dutchman’s Gold Mine
We think that The Search for The Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine is an absolutely great team building...
Extrovert, Introvert, and the Power of Quiet
Brian Remer sent me an email years ago with a connection to his neat online newsletter and I...
The View from The Front and the View at The Back – some illustrations and poems
Ah, the beauty of cartoons to stimulate some thinking of how things really work in most...
We all impact everything. Your impacts on the Space Time Continuum of Work
We impact others. Butterfly wings and all that. Connectivity. Dealing with chaos in the workplace...
My short rant on HR and relevancy…
On one of my LinkedIn group discussions, I contributed a post a week or so ago and then just...
Collaboration and Teamwork and dealing with Mud
People and Performance -- Here are some simple poems and frameworks to get people thinking about...
Training and Development cannot fix performance problems – Some Square Wheels
Companies spend money to improve results. They spend BILLIONS on doing surveys on organizational...
Santa – Getting the Job Done and Living The Dream!
Work is work. And some things just do not work smoothly. It is not about effort, but about systems...
Simple thoughts on Extrinsic Motivation
Sometimes, I am not sure what triggers the motivation for me to pop into here and write up a blog....
It’s Not My Fault – Why Engagement is Not Working
Some really scary stuff is how much money companies are spending on Engagement Surveys and how...
What I hope for: The Workplace
I was asked for a 500-word "wish" to be published by another organization and I thought to repost...
Motivation and Dis-Un-Engagement
I got engaged in a discussion on LinkedIn, on a discussion page for HR professionals, where the...
Moron Engagement – The Concept of Dis-Un-Engagement
This post is about doing things differently. It is about looking for ways to remove the things...

