Why is "Lost Dutchman" such a great team building exercise? LOTS of reasons... First, Active...
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Breaking Down Workplace Roadblocks for Increased Productivity and Happiness
If you're a manager or supervisor, you can easily dis-un-empower yourself and the people you work...
Great new Lost Dutchman Teambuilding Exercise Updates
One of the world's very best teambuilding simulations just got better. And we guarantee...
The Contagion of Desired Behaviors – Some thoughts on Collaboration and Leadership
Workplace behaviors can be contagious, which can be a highly useful thing as we try to change...
Positive Disruptive Employee Engagement for Innovation and Motivation
Here are some thoughts around the idea of positive disruptive employee engagement. The anchor...
The Christopher Columbus Award for Leadership
We were playing around with ideas for "Leadership Awards" a few years ago and I had my artist, Roy...
Feedback, Team Building, Ideas and Accountability
Debriefing Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine is where we continue to mine organizational development...
If not you, WHO? If not now, WHEN?
If not you, WHO? If not now, WHEN? I love that short little quote about personal accountability...
Continuous Continuous Improvement and Team Building
Dozens of years ago, when I chaired our local ASQC group, it was common to hear these quality...
Engagement – Think Local, Act Local
I was reading an article on adapting things like HomeKit and Echo into the way people interact...
Intrinsic Motivation – It comes from having a goal
My friend Jimmy Jain posted up a picture of himself after running a race. The images of him below...
Spring Forward Monday™ is March 13, 2017 – A Square Wheels® Solution
Okay, March 13 is a Monday. But it is also the Monday after Sunday morning's loss of an hour's...
Apparently, Employees are also People!
I was playing around with some of my flower pics on Saturday, wishing for Spring after weeding,...
12 Great Strategic Board Games – by Joe Cole (with Scott Simmerman)
Entertainment is as important as work because it keeps your life balanced and in this manner you...
Facilitating Workplace Improvement: Herding Cats and Frogs
Some thoughts and ideas about managing the unmanageable. And some cute videos. You CAN herd cats if you have your act together, maybe…