CHAMPFROGS… The 10 Intrinsic Desires
In Management 3.0 classes I let participants play an exercise called Moving Motivators, which uses the CHAMPFROGS model for intrinsic mot...
I Made a Lot of Money, and It Made Me Very Happy
The year 2012 was (financially) my best year ever. The sum of revenue on courses, workshops, presentations, royalties, product sales, lic...
Moving Motivators (Free Exercise)
I invented a new exercise which allows people to reflect on their motivation, and how this is being affected by organizational change. Ch...
People Motivation: Target Intrinsic Desires
In some earlier blog posts I wrote that intrinsic motivation is preferred over extrinsic motivation. Nothing new there, I’m sure. But w...
The Open Space Policy for Managers
One of the management concepts I dislike the most, is the Open Door Policy. The idea of this policy is that every manager’s door is ope...
The Do-It-Yourself Team Values Kit
Remember: they are greeted by clothes The first thing a girl sees is, of course, your listctrawler appearance. You don’t have to be Apo...
Only People Are Qualified for Control
In any software project only people are capable of accumulating knowledge and exhibiting creativity, and only people have the ability to ...
Innovation is the Key to Survival
In the western world, and in any other competitive environment, innovation is the key to survival. It is a matter of life and death for c...
The Three Phases of Creativity
A little background reading on creativity made me find the article Definitions of Creativity, by Arthur J. Cropley, which provides intere...
Rehire Every Employee, Every Day
Two years ago my partner and I bought three small (but expensive) olive trees for our roof terrace. We carefully planted the trees in ver...
What Motivates (Some of) Us
A number of weeks ago I asked readers to tell me what motivates them. The most original/inspiring contribution was awarded with $100 wort...
No, I Will NOT Call Your Ex-Boss
Last week Johanna Rothman and I noticed that we disagree on the topic of checking people's references. We thought it would be interes...
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