A RANT!

I’m a rule follower; I admit it. Yet there is a whole class of rules that I find offensive: Simon Says rules. A rule is a Simon Says rule if the only reason offered for the rule’s existence is Simon (or Bob or Kevin) says. Simon Says rules grate on my nerves for at least […]

If you tell me you’re doing team building exercises with a team you have just formed from a group of strangers or loose acquaintances, then I think you’re going to get some benefit. But, if you are doing team building exercises with a team that has worked together for a long time and is dysfunctional,

What type of movies best describe how people behave in modern organizations? Zombie movies! Can you picture it: their lifeless eyes, their tortured expressions, their slow and painful movements, and their moaning and groaning?  “Oooohhhh, only eight years, three months and six days until retirement. Oooohhhh!” Imagine a typical scene from a zombie movie: a

Imagine your organization as a small city.  It has all the positions and dramas a city has.  Your top executive is your mayor.  The top executive’s leadership team can stand in for a city council.  You’ve got your town busy bodies and old hermits, and then you’ve got your first responders. Do you know who

I love the internet.  Whenever I’ve had a rough day, I type in a search term that somehow describes what I’m feeling and the funniest stuff pops up.   Tonight I decided to look up “How to Find Your Way Out of Wet Paper Bag,” and I actually found a post telling me what to

I find myself in need of a new post category: Rant. I’m borrowing from Dennis Miller when I say, “I don’t want to get off on a rant here, but…” …today I find myself deeply frustrated observing sloppy user of what I consider a precision instrument, the Think Reliability cause map. I think it’s the