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: Purposeful Organizations
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?
Finding The Right Starting Point
Trying to explain organization development (OD) to someone who has never heard of it. - It’s like trying to explain music to someone who's never heard music. Where do you start? I've read dozens of descriptions of Organization Development and most fall short of conveying the reasons why I find this field so interesting. And … Continue reading Finding The Right Starting Point
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?
Keeping Your Organization Relevant – Restaurant Industry Insight and Analysis – December 2018
Here's an article I co-wrote with my friend Dennis Monroe about sustainable organizations in the restaurant industry. Source: Keeping Your Restaurant and Organization Relevant - Restaurant Industry Insight and Analysis - December 2018
Ethical Cultures
Click here to read an assessment of ethical culture at Allina that is based upon a case study and written as part of my doctoral studies in organization development.
Hello, I'm Lisa Meyer 