Kevin Anderson, Dr. Organizational Design (OD)

A Development Role Where Community Isn’t A Buzzword – It’s Real!

Sometimes the Internet actually gets it right. An AI search says people move to Northern Minnesota for its exceptional quality of life — a deep connection to nature, lower cost of living, and a strong sense of community. As someone who grew up in Grand Rapids and still heads north every chance I get, IContinue reading “A Development Role Where Community Isn’t A Buzzword – It’s Real!”

Supporting Community Radio in a Time It’s Needed Most

I’m thrilled to be leading a radio team retreat this month for KAXE, a northern Minnesota station rooted in people, place, and storytelling. In a time of shrinking federal and state support, their work is more vital than ever. KAXE is at the forefront of community-powered radio, with programming that connects and inspires— a fewContinue reading “Supporting Community Radio in a Time It’s Needed Most”

Drivel vs Wisdom: How to Tell the Difference in Management Thinking

There’s no substitute for business advice that’s practical and useful. Yes, I’m talking about suggestions that actually work — as in, they make things better in the real world. Drivel, on the other hand, is defined as “silly nonsense.” Unfortunately, there’s plenty of it floating around in the field of organizational development. At their best,Continue reading “Drivel vs Wisdom: How to Tell the Difference in Management Thinking”

Return to Office: Just Give Me A Reason

Why should we return to office? The lament reminds me of Pink’s song “Just Give Me A Reason” where she begs: “Just give me a reason, just a little bit’s enough.” To date, the headlines have instead focused on the reasons for staying home. For example, a recent Wall Street Journal article cited the difficultiesContinue reading “Return to Office: Just Give Me A Reason”

Go Ahead and “Enable” Your Clients Given All We Have Been Through!

Given the challenges our clients are facing, we should “enable” them to improve #organizational performance. Yes, I used the word “enable!” I fully recognize that this term is often times seen as a negative. As in, I “enabled” my dysfunctional cousins to drink themselves silly.” Not so cool. The type of “enabling” I am talkingContinue reading “Go Ahead and “Enable” Your Clients Given All We Have Been Through!”

Return-to-Work, Virtual or Hybrid: A Millennial Wonders If It Matters!

A consulting colleague stared at me with disbelief that I had spent time during the #pandemic writing a book The New Workforce: Productivity Through Virtual and Hybrid Teams https://amzn.to/3zvtzyv on navigating these new environments. She explained that she has always operated in #in-person and #online environments, seamlessly switching between the two. I am an “elder”Continue reading “Return-to-Work, Virtual or Hybrid: A Millennial Wonders If It Matters!”

Recreating “Water Cooler” Conversations in the #Virtual and #Hybrid Work World

This is an excerpt from my new book The New Workforce: Productivity Through Virtual and Hybrid Teams. For additional ways of getting teams to higher performance in an online world purchase book here and please write a review: https://amzn.to/3zvtzyv When we worked in-person, the problem of the day was the main topic of conversation. AsContinue reading “Recreating “Water Cooler” Conversations in the #Virtual and #Hybrid Work World”

Book Announcement:

A Pandemic Story – Performance Through Virtual and Hybrid Teams The New Workforce: Productivity Through Virtual and Hybrid Teams by Dr. Kevin Anderson tells the story of how going virtual due to the pandemic led to work innovations. The idea of delivering business consulting virtually was unimaginable for Dr. Anderson. He had spent decades building aContinue reading “Book Announcement:”

Great New Book To Help Make Your Virtual Meetings More Effective and Efficient

We are all looking for ways to make our #virtualmeetings more productive. The most helpful resource I have found is the book Suddenly Virtual: Making Remote Meetings Work. Here is the back story. As a result of publishing my book Organization Design Made Easy: Structure, Process and People, I met Dr. Joseph Allen who just publishedContinue reading “Great New Book To Help Make Your Virtual Meetings More Effective and Efficient”

How To Create Human Connection During Online Meetings

The #workplace teams I consult with are driving extra hard to perform in this challenging environment. They stay on task. However, I do get glimpses of stresses around parents’ health concerns, kids online schooling road blocks and other unfathomable challenges around working remotely. This is unchartered terrain. As these stresses bleed into our daily work,Continue reading “How To Create Human Connection During Online Meetings”