Tools for Improving the Performance of People, Processes and Organizations

Welcome to the Knowledge Workers' Tool Room

NOTICE: My book, Tools for Knowledge Workers, Vol 1, is now available on Kindle. It is a collection of 12 visual thinking tools along with information explaining each tool and how to use it, including examples and cases. Chapter 1 presents each tool in a one-page format. Chapters 2-13 discuss uses and applications of each tool. You can access the book on Amazon by clicking on the image below.

The tools you will find here are tools that I've developed over the course of more than 40 years of working as a consultant (internal and external) and as an executive. All have been used in one way or another in the course of improving the performance of people, processes or organizations

As you can see from scanning the thumbnails below, the tools are primarily visual in nature. Clicking on a thumbnail below will reveal a larger image. Clicking on the text below a thumbnail will take you to that tool. All tools fit on one page. They present the visual and a modest amount of text. All one-page tools also contain links to longer pieces for those who want more information. NOTE: All one-page tools are in PDF format.

I add new tools from time to time and you will always find them at the bottom of the display. The latest tool I add will always be the last one displayed.

Contact me to discuss how these tools can be put to use improving the performance of your people, processes or organization. I am especially interested in helping you make use of the Solution Engineering Process and the Target (GAP-ACT) Model. I am available to make presentations, conduct workshops and provide consulting services.

Change Acceptance Cycle	Self-Directed vs Other-Directed Matrix	The Goals Grid	Urgent vs Important Matrix	The Solution Engineering Process	Employee Engagement
Consulting Competency Circle	Seven Elements of Performance	Organizational Analysis Model	Action-Motivation Matrix	Three Problem-Solving Approaches	Linking Individual Effort with Organizational Results
P = f (I...E...)	Six Major Theories of Motivation	An Organization's Rise, Fall and Renewal	The EL PASO Problem Solving Model	Strategy: Definitions and Meaning	Three Kinds of Knowledge
Integrating Force Field Analysis and Reinforcement Theory	Ben Franklin Decision-Making Job Aid	Stakeholder Scorecard	The Problem Solving Bases	Strategy-Execution Matrix	Performance Ecosystem
4D Followership Model	The Sustainable Organization	Work and Work Control System	Inside the Process Box	The Infinite Loop Model of Organizations	The Shift to Knowledge Work
PCT 101: A Primer	Seven Secrets of Shared Success	Performance In & of Organizations	The Need for an Organizational GPS	Michael Porter's Five Forces	Situation-Targets-Plans
The OAR Planning-Action Model	The Power Pyramid

This page last updated on May 8, 2013