Wait, What is Trending?!

I increasingly find our detachment from one another, from the present moment, from our ability to focus on our surroundings frightening. We are all very busy thanks to the hyper-connectivity we enjoy, but are we deeply happy? I am led to believe that all these great devices distractions are making us less connected not only to one another, but even more distressing, to ourselves. We are moving in the wrong direction, away from compassion, happiness, from human-to-human connection. These are traits that humans are uniquely suited to exploit. Furthermore, these are traits that our world desperately needs right now.

Thank goodness we have choices.

Daniel WeinzvegDecember 14, 2015Comment

Are you asking the right questions?

Einstein said, “Problems cannot be solved with the same mindset that created them.” In other words, to solve our problems we need new questions, big questions, small questions - different questions. As our nation debates, once again, the best way to stem gun violence, reduce bipartisanship, improve immigration policies, protect women’s rights, and much more, we seem to be stuck, again, asking the wrong questions and coming up with lame solutions. What is made possible when we ask the right questions?

Daniel WeinzvegNovember 10, 2015Inquiry, Engagement, Triple Bottom LineComment

A Conversation on Materializing Knowledge Transfer

Manufacturers are the canaries in the coalmine of an enormous organizational challenge that will be coming to an industry near you very soon, if it has not already arrived. No, it is not China, 3D printers or trade policies. It is the talent pool, or lack thereof.

Daniel WeinzvegOctober 30, 2015 Comment

The Era of Human Centered Design

Open work spaces. Flexible hours and locations. The waning of command and control hierarchy. More surveys, less evaluations. These are so much more than engagement strategies; they are the future of work

Daniel WeinzvegOctober 21, 2015 Comments

Debunking the Myth of Generational Gaps

Are you as sick of these generational stereotypes we have been reading ad nausea over the past decade as I am? What more do we need to know about Boomers retiring, and not retiring? Are there really any other Millennial engagement or retention strategies to be discussed?

Daniel WeinzvegOctober 3, 2015 Comments

Thinking Outside The Generational Box

“Generational thinking is like the Tower of Babel: it only serves to divide us. Why not focus on the behaviors that can unite us?”

Daniel WeinzvegSeptember 2, 2015Comment

4 Steps to Attract, Retain and Develop Millennials

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Daniel WeinzvegAugust 18, 2015Comment

Learning, Continued

“Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection” - Mark Twain

Daniel WeinzvegAugust 6, 2015Meeting Design, Facilitation, Organization Development Comment

How to Get Diverse Thinking From Your Homogeneous Group

Consensus is supposedly a good thing. But, sometimes, for those running meetings, it’s helpful to have diverse perspectives in order to create the best solutions. Consensus should only be a goal after a variety of diverse ideas are explored.

The problem is that some fields are filled with people who share similar thinking styles.

Daniel WeinzvegJuly 8, 2015Comment

Got Away?

May was a month to be reckoned with. In that blink of a month my Grandfather died, I graduated with my Master’s, my business began gaining momentum and life’s pace reached a new velocity. I found myself needed to unplug, so my dear friend and I scheduled a two week adventure to find solitude, beauty and adventure. As a “culture-vulture” I have spent most of my vacation time traveling abroad, so this time around I chose to stay “local” and enjoy the beauty that the USA has to offer in and around her national parks.

Daniel WeinzvegJune 30, 2015 Comment

Get the most from your Millennial workforce

Much has been written about the challenges my generation, millennials (ages 20–34), pose to organizations. Some say we have, what my elementary school principal dubbed, “inflated self-worth.” Some say we feel entitled. Some say we have the attention span of a fly. Regardless of the validity of these viewpoints, one thing is certain: Very soon we will be in leadership positions. Organizations need millennials to step up to the challenge, and millennials need organizations to engage them.

Daniel WeinzvegJune 1, 2015 Comment

Debunking the Millennial Myth

The Baby Boomers are retiring, and will continue to retire en mass for the next 15 years, so organizations are beginning to invest in Knowledge Transfer Initiatives. These initiatives are helping organizations maintain a continuity of service while helping the younger members of these organizations develop their institutional knowledge. Many of these initiatives are focusing on transferring the retiring Boomers’ knowledge to Generation X and Generation Y, the Millennials. Oddly, one of the most widely accepted generational stereotypes of Millennials is their transient approach to their careers. This being the case, organizations are also heavily investing in curbing this trend by trying to find ways to engage Millennials in their work. Given Millennials’ transient nature and Boomers’ rising retiring rates, organizations are smart to be investing in retaining both their human capital and their organizational knowledge. But do these two initiatives have to live in isolation?

Daniel WeinzvegMay 15, 2015Comment

Growing Human Capital During “Brain Drain”

Organizations today are faced with some of the greatest workforce challenges in history: demographic shifts, talent shortages and the resulting ‘brain drain’, as more than one third of the US workforce prepares to retire; taking with them talent and critical institutional knowledge.

Daniel WeinzvegApril 6, 2015Brain Drain, Baby Boomers, Knowledge TransferComment