a sample KenKen puzzle I enjoy KenKen puzzles with my morning coffee as a fun way to wake up my brain. KenKen is a logic puzzle designed to build both logic and problem-solving skills using basic math operations like addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Sometimes, when time allows, I tackle the big 8 x 8 … Continue reading The Nature of Problems
Category: Organizational Culture
Exploring Implicit Bias
Something I really liked about my doctoral program was that it had a cohort design. There were 15 of us in the "learning community" and unlike most doctorate programs that focus on preparing people for careers in academia, this program was designed to advance the careers of working professionals in a variety of fields and … Continue reading Exploring Implicit Bias
Why would you want to think like a jazz musician?
Lisa’s hands at the piano When I began my doctoral studies I was surprised to discover how many influential organization scholars were also jazz musicians, and there are articles in prominent academic journals and even entire books about jazz as a metaphor for leading and organizing. I find this connection between jazz and organization scholarship … Continue reading Why would you want to think like a jazz musician?
MSP Airport’s Snow Plow ‘Playbook’
Kurt Lewin was a social psychologist whose work in the 1930s and 40s is credited for laying the foundations of the field of organization development. Among the many things that made his work revolutionary were simple ideas that sound amazingly contemporary today. He believed that work shouldn't limit a person's potential, but develop it. He … Continue reading MSP Airport’s Snow Plow ‘Playbook’
What happened at Wells Fargo?
Wells Fargo has changed its logo in an effort to project a new image - but its current problems can be traced back to before it became the Wells Fargo of today. In the 1990's, I was working at Carmichael Lynch Advertising and one of my clients was Norwest Corporation. This was prior to Norwest's … Continue reading What happened at Wells Fargo?
So, How Does This Get Implemented?
This is the question that a member of my dissertation committee asked at the end of my dissertation defense after I had laid out a pretty lengthy argument for new ways of thinking about the field of organization development. I wasn't quite sure how to respond to the question. On one hand, the question might … Continue reading So, How Does This Get Implemented?
Organization Design
Click here to read a case study of Alerus that I wrote for the strategic organization-design class in my doctoral studies in organization development.
Hello, I'm Lisa Meyer 