In the play of our teambuilding exercise, there are subtle ways where providing teams performance...
Employee Engagement – Ask versus Tell, a leadership Best Practice
Employee Engagement! People make it seem as if it was some kind of action that is separate from...
How does Teamwork influence Design Thinking?
I was asked to write about how does teamwork influence Design Thinking for a newsletter and I...
What is the best teambuilding game for remote learning?
While it may appear that I'm going out on a limb in responding to the quest for the best, years of...
Engage People for Performance Improvement
The manager is the key to engagement and engagement is the key to performance improvement. Here...
Why are Square Wheels presentations impactful?
Square Wheels® presentations are unusual because of the very useful metaphor that is the anchor of...
Day One of Teambuilding and Strategy for The Lost Dutchman’s Gold Mine
If you are wondering why this blog is specific to Day One of the 20 Days of play occurring in Lost...
What is SUCCESS in team building?
An issue I keep seeing in teambuilding events is a failure to define success in the desired...
Debriefing Team Building Simulations – Some Ideas from Lost Dutchman’s Gold Mine
This will outline ideas about debriefing team building simulations and activities more effectively...
Is Firewalking incompatible with real teambuilding?
Firewalking. Does it work for teambuilding? Quick answer: NO. Firewalking is certainly an...
Outdoor Training is Suboptimal for Learning and Change
Before undertaking a training event, especially an outdoor training event, for building teamwork...
Teambuilding and Collaboration – What does Lost Dutchman do?
A new connection on LinkedIn asked me a simple question and I realize that I have not actually...
Announcing PMC LLC, a new organization arising from Performance Management Company
A description of the creation of PMC LLC and the shift from the Lost Dutchman board game into a virtual program for remote worker teambuilding. Lost Dutchman Virtual is a great tool for remote teams and issues of collaboration and alignment.
Decreasing Resistance to Change — The Finger, Arm and Leg Exercise for facilitating discussion
In The Dilbert Principles, Dilbert said, "Change is good. You go first." That one little quip...
Teamwork: Things Can All Play Out with Everyone Being Comfortable!
You Don’t Have to Build, Shoot, Cook, Find Things, Find A Way Out, Be Physically Challenged or Be...