We learn something every day, and lots of times its that what we’ve learned the day before was wrong.” – Bill Vaughan In The Half-Life of Facts: Why Everything We Know Has An Expiration Date, Samuel Arbesman makes the same point. More of us would do well to remember that things we think stay true
It’s taken me a while, but I finally got the SEASPIN videos ready for you to view. Thanks to Hilbert for taping the session and loading the videos for me. I like to think I’m tough enough to take any feedback you have on my presentation. (We’ll see if I’m self-deluded). Please do post
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It is wise to keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final.” – Roger Babson So why not try to drive your change? Theophilos Papadopoulos via Compfight
One of the first posts three years ago when this blog began was Driving Change versus Driving People to Change. Quickly after a friend pointed out the unnecessary nature of the last “to change” and it was readily dropped. (Proof I take criticism well.) In that post I called Driving People and Driving Change terms
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Change efforts stall before they get started because we ask the same people over and over again and expect to get a better response than, “I don’t know.” Quick Tip #1: Ask someone else. If you have a question and you need an answer and you don’t get a good/quick/name-your-adjective-that’s-important-to-you answer, then one way to
It’s okay to rest now. Try to get some sleep.” – My mother I can remember my mother uttering these words to me several times growing up. They were usually spoken when I was upset about something, exhausted, but wouldn’t give in. They were said calmly and the love behind them was clear. I share
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Over the holiday break I took some time to recharge myself. Below are some of the topics I sampled. What did you do to recharge yourself during the holidays? Post a comment and I’ll send you a special participants link to more Engine For Change content. Books: I traded up from my old Blackberry to
I’m still recovering from a much needed break over the holidays and I’m not quite ready to jump back in to the big blog posts. So please accept these fireworks as a little burst of joy while you wait. Happy 2013! May this be your year of great accomplishments. What will you celebrate when 2013
Nick Wheeler via Compfight Pick one. A: Your organization is successful but you can’t understand why it is successful. or B: Your organization is not successful but you can understand why it isn’t successful. Which option did you pick? Why? My choice is B. I would rather have an unsuccessful organization and be capable of
