The Aha! Moment

Why Are You Still Trying to Make It Fit?
Imagine you’ve got two piles of LEGO bricks scattered across the floor. One pile contains the large bricks designed for toddlers, and the other contains the smaller, traditional LEGO bricks. Both collections are colorful, versatile, and capable of being used to build all sorts of interesting things. Now imagine you’re

What Are You Missing About the People You Hired?
Imagine building a person out of those big, colorful LEGO blocks designed for toddlers. You might use blue blocks for the legs, red blocks for the body, and yellow blocks for the arms. You could add a few more blocks to make the person taller, change the arrangement to make

What Happens When Jane’s Puzzle Piece Is Missing?
Discover how shifting your business structure from a rigid jigsaw puzzle to a versatile LEGO model can help you build a resilient, cross-trained team that keeps operations running smoothly even when key employees are absent.

What If the Picture on the Box Is Holding Your Business Back?
Explore why treating your business like a versatile LEGO set instead of a rigid jigsaw puzzle empowers you to look beyond the “picture on the box” and continuously adapt your organization’s capabilities to a changing world.

What Businesses Can Learn from Riding with a Teenager
This month marks the 40th anniversary of getting my driver’s license. Forty years! I still remember the incredible sense of freedom that came with it. Suddenly, if I wanted to go somewhere, I could just go. I didn’t have to ask someone to take me, coordinate schedules, or figure out

Make Improvement the Job
Imagine telling an employee, “AI just gave you ten hours back every week. Use some of that time to make this company better.” It sounds empowering. It may also leave the employee wondering what, exactly, you want them to do. Most people have spent their careers being trained to execute.