Category Archives: organizational culture
Tom Heck and Les McKeown on Building a Better Team
I thought I was good at this I’d been captain of my soccer team for years, captain of my “house” in my high school, captain of this, captain of that… Surely I was a brilliant team player? Hmmm. Maybe not … Continue reading
Is this the future of teams?
We get to bump into smart people in our work at Box of Crayons, and one of those very smart people is Dave Aron, someone who is part of the cutting-edge of Gartner’s thinking around leadership. He’s been wrestling with … Continue reading
Great Work is Counter-Cultural. (So who are you irritating?)
“All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.” Schopenhauer The real starting point Schopenhauer is on to something here, even if the first stage is more accurately … Continue reading
The Power of the Project to Beat Back the Overwhelm
If you’re enjoying these posts, you should think about joining our LinkedIn group, Tools for the Time Crunched Manager. Do you know what the date is? It’s already mid-January, which is basically the end of January, which is as good as … Continue reading
Using Great Work to Create a Customer-Focused Culture
Is it all me, me, me? One of the conversations I have with groups when we’re talking about Great Work is about focus. One the one hand, Great Work is a subjective measure. It’s about the work that has meaning … Continue reading
The four contradictions of sustainable innovation
If innovation is going to be anything more than an empty phrase along the lines of “customer first” and “our employees are our most important asset”, then it needs to be a sustainable and engaging practice. The problem, put bluntly, … Continue reading
Top 3 Workplace Innovations Misconceptions
With some good planning and mostly good luck, I started my working career in the world of innovation. Twenty years ago “innovation” wasn’t the buzzword it’s become. We spent plenty of time explaining (mostly failing to explain) how innovation and … Continue reading
Measuring Employee Learning: How do you do it?
Mr Kirkpatrick and friends If you play in this world of employee learning – and you too have been trying to figure out the impact it is or isn’t happening – you mostly like know the usual suspects. The Kirkpatrick … Continue reading
Why Employee Learning Matters
What’s your shark? Woody Allen summed it up nicely: A relationship, I think, is like a shark, you know? It has to constantly move forward or it dies. And I think what we got on our hands is a dead … Continue reading
