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It's a Slow Fade

When dealing with a lack of engagement amongst the workforce the key is to...

Mark Crocker — February 11, 2025

The Future is Bright

As the dreaded annual performance reviews and goal setting process comes around once again,...

Mark Crocker — October 31, 2024

The Philosophy of Identity

Individuals have an identity and so do organizations. An organization’s identity is derived from...

Mark Crocker — February 28, 2024

Finding Fault

In business we often come across cultures where blame is accepted or is even...

Mark Crocker — January 27, 2020

Blue Monday

Blue Monday is the name given to this day in January (typically the third...

Mark Crocker — January 20, 2020

Talking Transformation

Individuals, organizations change continuously, reacting to developments in their markets and to the arrival...

Mark Crocker — January 8, 2020

Lean Times

During the past 20 years, Lean has become one of the prominent performance-improvement programs...

Mark Crocker — September 3, 2019

Service Intelligence

Providing outstanding customer service is one of the most rewarding yet challenging activities within...

Mark Crocker — May 27, 2019

Caution, Learners Ahead

It’s a fact and contrary to certain prejudices and misconceptions, employees can learn to...

Mark Crocker — May 17, 2019

Engaging Conversations

Organizations care about employee engagement because the facts would suggest that it directly impacts...

Mark Crocker — May 6, 2019

Changes

‘Changes’ is a song by David Bowie, originally released on the album Hunky Dory...

Mark Crocker — April 8, 2019

The Blame Game

Blame is an interesting concept and often confused with accountability. We find leaders conceptually...

Optimize Blog — October 23, 2017

Cyber Sense

DEF CON is the catchy title of a security conference held in Las Vegas...

Optimize Blog — July 31, 2017

Back in Black

We normally steer away from sport analogies mostly because we have never reached the...

Optimize Blog — July 17, 2017

It's a Slow Fade

When dealing with a lack of engagement amongst the workforce the key is to...

Optimize Blog — June 19, 2017

No Place for Pyromaniacs

Putting out fires is very rewarding. It’s gratifying and provides instant validation for our...

Optimize Blog — February 27, 2017

Considering Culture

Cultures exist wherever there is a collection of people, however big or small that...

Optimize Blog — January 30, 2017

Do the Do

McKinsey research tells us that 70% of change efforts fall short of the desired...

Optimize Blog — January 9, 2017

A Transformation Tale

Transformations call for more than rhetoric and superficial conversations around change. Old and existing...

Optimize Blog — July 11, 2016

The Trouble with Nice

Of all the qualities you don't want in a manager, there's one that you...

Optimize Blog — March 21, 2016