We are at the cusp of a new year and this tends to be the time when people consider new...
workplace performance improvement
A Round Wheel Happy New Year!
We had a Christmas Day brunch at one of the finer hotels here in Greenville and, to put it simply,...
Are Managers simply BAD or is it the Workplace
This will be a short post, with a link to a solid article and one illustration. Gallup had an...
Square Wheels, Dr. Seuss and “suck” or “muck?”
As we develop more and more thoughts on The Square Wheels Project, our course to teach...
Innovation and Thinking – Cognitive Dissonance and Creativity
There are plenty of good tools out there for generating new ideas and momentum about innovating in...
Leadership, Teamwork and Making Progress
My approach to motivation and engagement is based on this meme of how things really work in most...
BOSS: Spelled Backwards
Boss. In organizations, a lot of people know precisely who that is. And that can be a positive or...
Innovation and Change: BIG Sale on Square Wheels!
A conversation turns into an idea and then an illustration is produced. That seems how creativity...
Presenteeism – They are IN but they are OUT
I was reading some news feeds and came across the word, "Presenteeism" in an HR thread. The term...
Facilitating? What are we accomplishing?
I play with LEGO. Yeah, and I do it in my training sessions too, focusing on the theme that things...
Stupidly Simple Square Wheels Video: Facilitating Improvement
LEGO. iPhone. Square Wheels. Engagement. Innovation. Involvement. Ownership. See what comes to...
The Neuroscience behind Square Wheels: Behavioral Neurobiology
The Science of Brain and Behavior, explained through LEGO and using Square Wheels images for...
Collaboration – Abstracts of Blog Posts of Scott Simmerman
Collaboration offers big benefits to organizations. It directly impacts motivation and engagement...
More Better Faster – Thoughts on collecting ideas for improvement with #morebetterfaster
There are a LOT of really good ideas out there focused on personal and organizational performance...
A Stupidly Simple Square Wheels Facilitation Toolkit
Years ago, I started selling what I called a stupidly simple square wheels facilitation toolkit....