Implementing Improvement – Ideas on Brainstorming
“Nobody ever washes a rental car!” That is my anchor point for doing anything that involves organizational change and improvement. If one is to expect anything to happen, we must insure that there is...
View ArticleTeams, Teaming and Teamworking
There have been a number of articles around the idea that teamwork does not work to improve organizational performance. Teambuilding is seen as a complicated and expensive endeavor that does not pay...
View ArticleWHAM! The Square Wheels Guy sees a Round Wheel
I shared this story with a couple of associates last night and both said I should blog about it. The situation is where some guy (me) who deals in Square Wheels and Round Wheels finally makes an...
View ArticleSanta’s Square Wheels Performance Improvement Poem
A special Holidays greeting to you with the hope that an illustrated “Getting Santa Rolling” poem might add a touch of fun to your days. Each year at this time, my little company sends out a seasonal...
View ArticleMonkeys, Management and Motivation – Simple Ideas
Ah, the Internet… And StumbleUpon. Blogs. And research on behavior. And Creative Genius. And themes of leadership and productivity and employee motivation. I love it when it all comes together… Way...
View ArticleFacilitating Workplace Improvement: Herding Cats and Frogs
A couple of really good discussions on facilitation and implementation of strategies and innovation and some basic conversations about people and performance got me thinking again about The Issues of...
View ArticleEngagement – Think Local, Act Local
I was reading an article on adapting things like HomeKit and Echo into the way people interact with their homes. Alexa is pretty cool, but there are issues around its inability to recognize voices and...
View ArticleDr. Seuss on Disruptive Engagement
Even Dr. Seuss would understand about the issues and opportunities around the positive impacts of supervisors leading more active involvement to make impacts on people and performance. The data are...
View ArticleBranding, Change, Marketing and Square Wheels
We sell simple tools for communications and engagement and have been doing it now for 25 years. We had a consistent brand image for 20+ but then decided to shift and now we are faced with the...
View ArticleSquare Wheels Cartoons and Quotes Supporting a Gratitude Attitude
Joan generated her illustrated annual Thanksgiving Message to our newsletter subscribers so I thought to share it here for a more general audience. We wish all of you the best for these days and the...
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