Problem Solving

The Creative Answer to the Challenges of the 100% Remote Workplace

Catalyst Ranch Founder and President Eva Niewiadomski weighs in on the Pros and Cons for businesses going 100% remote. And while those Cons do pose challenging, Eva suggests a creative solution, recalling the challenges she sought to solve when she first started Catalyst Ranch.   There have been tons of articles written on the subject of [...]

By |2021-08-27T12:51:25-05:00May 12th, 2021|Categories: Problem Solving, Tip, Work From Home|

Episode #4 Attack of The A/V Gremlins

Previously on The Digital Adventures of Pogo... The power of play is a wonderful thing. It sneaks up in your brain and coaxes out the child like imagination hiding within. Play is the key to productivity and innovation. The Attack of the A/V Gremlins! Featuring Professor Planner & Pogo After weeks of preparation, the big day [...]

Meet Our Preferred Vendor, Moto Guild

Build a Motorcycle to Build Your Team! Bike Build Chicago, from Preferred Vendor Moto Guild, is the perfect out-of-the-box experiential learning, team-building activity to motivate, empower, and create camaraderie among your employees.  The event is set up to explore better ways to work together through an out-of-your-comfort-zone task that is both challenging and rewarding once the [...]

The Creative World of Play with Corporate Event Interactive

Jodi Whitlock of Corporate Event Interactive tells us about how their team got started, where she likes to vacation (don't forget the wine!) and what's coming up for CEI. What made you get into this business? CEI began as a traditional event planning company. We quickly discovered an affinity for the teambuilding and interactive part of [...]

What We’ve Known For 14 Years. . .

I stumbled across this article written for LinkedIn by Rene de Ruijter, and thought it was terrifically written and would be of great interest to our Ranch audience.  I figured I would "dissect" it below.  The link to the full article is at the bottom. "The right working environment can stimulate creativity and innovation. Colours, lighting, [...]

Who Wouldn’t Love a No Waste Grocery Store?

ZERO WASTE MARKET I remember when I was a kid and my mom would take me a half hour away to piano lessons.  After the lesson, as a reward, Mom would take my brother and I to a store that had candy and gum and seeds and nuts in big barrels and bins, and [...]

Meeting Tip for 9/14/16 – Holiday Parties Part II!

Last Minute?  No Problem Part II! Meeting Tip of the Week for September 14th, 2016   As we talked about last week, in my experience, there are two types of people in this world; people who plan ahead and people who wait.  I mentioned how I would consider myself a waiter. Well let me take this [...]

Meeting Tip of the Week for 9/9/16

Last Minute?  No Problem Meeting Tip of the Week for September 9th, 2016In my experience, there are two types of people in this world; people who plan ahead and people who wait.  I would consider myself a waiter.  If I don't do things right away, they go on a mental shelf and then sit there collecting dust [...]

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