Creating a Culture of Innovation at Work
Ideas are the currency of success in any business. But for ideas to flourish and thrive, you need to intentionally create a culture of innovation and a culture that values creativity. And you need to embrace the power of small ideas making a huge difference in your...
A Clog of Plumbers and a Sum of Accountants
One of my longtime Inspiring Workplaces newsletter subscribers, Waldo Berg, provided this inspiration for a fun work idea. Hold a contest in your workplace to come up with the best collective noun to describe a group of your colleagues, based either on your profession...
Fun June Theme Days and Observances – Fun, Offbeat June Theme Days
Here’s a partial list of some of the fun, wacky, offbeat and not-so-wacky holidays and theme days for the month of June, 2025. Celebrating these, recognizing these theme days is a very simple way to bring a little fun and humor into your workplace. For some ideas on...
If You Want to Create a Better World, Start By Creating Better Workplaces
If you consider the workplace as a definable “unit” as discrete, measurable communities within our society, then I would argue that the workplace is the most important building block when it comes to creating a better world. Our workplaces don’t just impact the...
How to Become a More Intentional Culture Leader
Great workplace cultures don’t happen by accident! Creating a more inspiring, service-driven, resilient, and innovative workplace culture requires intentional leadership focused on workplace culture. In this video, I offer up some ideas on how you can be more...
Turn The Great Resignation Into The Great Opportunity
Turn the Great Resignation into the Great Opportunity A CEO recently told me that she was, and I quote, “Tempted to stick a hot poker into someone’s eyes – maybe even my own – if I hear the phrase ‘great resignation’ one more freakin’ time!” “Oh, that...
99 Pandemic Pick-Me-Uppers: Celebrating Silver Linings
It’s all too easy to dwell on the economic hardships, stress, and loss of life that so many people experienced during the pandemic. So, yes, I could have easily compiled a list called, “1,001 Reasons the Pandemic SUCKED!” Instead, I wrote this. I compiled this list to...
How to Attract Top Talent During a Tight Labor Market When Everyone’s Searching for Green Pastures
How to Entice Employees and Attract the Right Talent in a Tight Labor Market There’s a reason I wrote the book, Hire, Inspire, and Fuel Their Fire: How to Recruit, Onboard, and Train New Employees to Live Your Culture Out Loud. It’s simply this: You cannot get...


