"42% of the average company's intellectual capital exists only within its employees' heads?" - Thomas Brailsford Opportunistic Considerations A recent report by the Deloitte Consulting Firm titled Global Human Capital Trends states: “Organizations today are increasingly judged on the basis of their relationships with their workers, their customers, and their communities, as...
Strategic Plan For many small to medium sized businesses a strategic plan is an after thought or something needed to obtain funding, because the immediate need is to focus on execution. Businesses ignore the importance of a strategic plan and the subsequent tactical execution plan. Each...
A Spa Day for the Sole: Rediscovering Yourself through Play workshop generates a buzz among it's attendees. Here is a recent blog post by Pamela Simpson from urExtraday.com. Testimonials from attendees of the workshop. Photographs from the spa-day workshop. We look forward to meeting you at one of the upcoming workshops...
"Intraprenuership is an ATTITUDE, not a department." - Dawn Elyzabeth Intrapreneurs Intrapreneurs are entrepreneurs, within a large firm, who use entrepreneurial skills and thinking to solve problems and innovate. These people are willing to take a risk, to step out of the corporate norm, and are essential for...
The 2016 Workforce-Skills Preparedness Report states, "87 percent of new college graduates feel well-prepared for their job upon graduation. Yet, only about half of the managers surveyed felt that their employees who recently graduated from college were well-prepared for the workforce." These four skills require the...
Criticism and Creativity: Criticism is a powerful message for improving our creativity, particularly when we assume positive intent. Assuming positive intent means people who offer 'improvements or feedback' to an idea are giving you a gift. The shift to positive intent thinking allows us to receive...
Introduction: As a LEGO® Serious Play® Facilitator we have the exciting role of inciting creativity in others. Through "build challenge" questions the participants create their models and share their stories about their model with the other participants. This repetitive process unlocks unspoken knowledge, assumptions, and...