Learn to think like a Gamer

Dr. Karl Kapp, author of The Gamification of Learning and Instruction was my guest on the Business901 podcast, Learning with Gamification. If you need an introduction, or maybe you are ready to take the next step and gamify a few engagement strategies or your training. This podcast and transcription are a great place to start. Read More …

A Platform for Teaching Design Thinking

Dr. Charles Burnette created iDeSIGN, a Design Thinking course for children. He freely shares this information on his website idesignthinking.com. The program began with a university course, Design With Kids, that placed design students in classrooms to help teachers conduct design projects related to their teaching goals. Our podcast discussed teaching Design Thinking to both Read More …

ROWE: Results-Only Work Environment

ROWE stands for  Results-Only Work Environment. It is a revolutionary new way of working that gives employees more responsibility and accountability for their work and the way they do it.  ROWE is the core of the CultureRx philosophy. ROWE is all about results. It’s all you need to increase productivity, engagement, employee retention — AND Read More …

Does ROWE solve some Lean problems

In next weeks podcast, I have David Kasprzak, of the popular blog, My Flexible Pencil discussing  ROWE a concept developed by Jody Thompson and published in her book, Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It: The Results-Only Revolution. An excerpt from the podcast: Joe:  That’s a very interesting point, because that’s what always frustrates Read More …

Is Lean still on the Wagon or is it Ready to Fly?

Recently, I have been involved in a LinkedIn Thread, When Lean fails, most people draw the wrong conclusion and assume it is Leadership. They blame leadership as being shortsighted. I think this view is not only wrong but it is dead wrong. I based this question on a recent blog post, The Difficulty of Mastery Read More …

The Zappos Culture Defined!

This is a transcription of the Business901 podcast, Developing a winning Culture the Zappos way!. My guest on the podcast Joseph Michelli takes you through the Zappos company culture now and what may be the future. Joseph’s latest book is The Zappos Experience: 5 Principles to Inspire, Engage, and WOW. Open publication – Free publishing Read More …