Inspiring Teams When They Aren’t All There (In Person, That Is)
One of the most frequent questions I get asked is, “Mike, how do you engage, inspire, and motivate people when they work from home or even in another city and you don’t have the same level of interaction with them as your other onsite employees?” (The second most...
Fun, Offbeat, Unusual July Theme Days, July Observances & Holidays
Here’s a list of some of the fun, wacky, offbeat, unusual, strange holidays and theme days for the month of July, 2025. Celebrating these, recognizing these theme days is a very simple way to bring a little fun and humor into your workplace and create some rituals and...
Recess at Work Ideas for Your Workplace
Thursday, June 16, 2022 is Recess at Work Day, a day to remind people of the importance of taking a fun break at work in order to celebrate and/or be more productive and creative. A few things you can do to celebrate: Grab your team and walk around the block; Create a...
Is the Workplace Where Ideas Go to Die?
In every survey my company has conducted, every survey I’ve done in leadership or innovation workshops, and most creativity surveys I’ve read, here are the top-5 places people say they come up with their light bulb moments, the top-5 places (in no...
Same Job, Different Customer Experience. Why?
The next time you fly, eat out at a restaurant, or visit any business for that matter, take a few moments to watch the range of attitudes you see among the front line customer service staff. It can really be quite striking. Recently, for example, while flying to a...
The Top-10 Workplace Incentives: What Perks Do Employees Want at Work?
11 Employee Perks To Attract Top Creative Talent
How Humor Can Defuse an Argument
Research shows that when people in a conflict situation laugh and find the humor in a situation, they are likely to shift from convergent thinking (believing there is only one possible solution) to divergent thinking (seeing other possibilities and ideas that might...
What Are You Meeting For? Creative, Focused Workplace Meetings
Single-focus meetings can be an effective way to dive deeper into an issue. When you have one central purpose, theme or goal tied to a meeting, chances are you’ll have a more effective meeting and achieve better results. Too often teams try to cram too many...


