Category: Simple Idea

  • Disagreements: Idea #22

    According to the ‘5 Dysfunctions of a Team’ book by P. Lencioni, Fear of Conflict, or healthy disagreements, is a dysfunction that can cripple a team. So how can you have productive disagreement, or those “hard conversations” as I call them? Here are several tips: Remember that you’re not on opposing teams, you’re trying to…

  • Listen: Idea #21

    Another lesson from Legos. Have you ever had the experience of stepping on a Lego piece with your bare feet? Ouch! It didn’t feel good, and possibly made us say a few things we don’t normally say. Lego pieces are so small, yet they have the capacity to hurt a much larger body. With that…

  • Perseverence: Idea #20

    Legos. What can we learn from legos? Apparently each year over 75 Billion pieces of Lego are sold, and yet this well-known toy almost didn’t happen. It took decades of persistence, working through a world war, bankruptcy, and workshop fires to bring this to market. Just think how much the world would have lost if…