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