by jenniferjdeal@gmail.com | Feb 27, 2015 | Uncategorized
I don’t know if you’ve noticed this, but people are really tired. Some are more tired than others, and some are better at managing the exhaustion, but it seems to me that a shocking number of people walk around exhausted on a daily basis. While there are lots of... by jenniferjdeal@gmail.com | Feb 27, 2015 | Uncategorized
Because of some work I’ve done about how much time people spend connected with the workplace, I hear lots of stories – and complaints – about how much connect wouldn’t be necessary if people just stopped wasting other people’s time. Two typical stories are that... 
by jenniferjdeal@gmail.com | Jun 3, 2014 | Uncategorized
I was struck last week by how constrained our lives have become, and how it is affecting our intrinsic motivation and tendency toward innovation. Why? Well, I read this article about playgrounds, and the effects that the “safe” playgrounds that currently dominate... 
by jenniferjdeal@gmail.com | Apr 25, 2014 | Uncategorized
The Friday before Easter at about 4pm we had just sat down at the kitchen table to start coloring Easter Eggs when we looked out the dining room window and saw a swarm of bees. A big swarm. Not a few bees flying around the roses – more like 20,000 bees flying in... by jenniferjdeal@gmail.com | Feb 20, 2014 | Uncategorized
Hi! I’m Jennifer Deal. I’m a Senior Research Scientist at the Center for Creative Leadership (www.ccl.org) and an Affiliated Researcher at the Center for Effective Organizations (http://ceo.usc.edu/). My B.A. is from Haverford College, and my Ph.D. is from the Ohio...