Here’s my hypothesis: Most people have never seen–let alone been a part of–driving change. If that is true, then when you try to explain driving change only with words (instead of with pictures and vivid emotions) you’d be met with a sea of lost and confused looks. Yep; the sea of lost looks is what […]
A dear friend sent me this quote today: You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, and how you can still come out of it. — Maya Angelou Your thoughts?
Want to see what this Guiding Coalition I’ve been mentioning is all about? Check out the five-part video posted at this link on the PSNS & IMF On the Waterfront Facebook fan page.
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Today at Seth Godin’s blog, under the title “Accepting Limits”: It’s absurd to look at a three year old toddler and say, “this kid can’t read or do math or even string together a coherent paragraph. He’s a dolt and he’s never going to amount to anything.” No, we don’t say that because we know
When you’re driving change, you may be drawn into conversations about what progress you are making. Whenever I’m discussing (or thinking about) progress I try to keep this C.S. Lewis quote swirling in my head: But progress means getting nearer to the place where you want to be. And if you have taken a wrong
When you’re driving change, you’ll want to remember this quote: Improvement is doubly difficult when individual habit is reinforced by group inertia. It comes from the Navy Correspondence Manual and it’s referring to writing official letters, memos and recommendations. But, to me it means so much more. Say you’re the first person in your work
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When driving change it pays to have friends who can carry most of the load for you some times. I offer big thanks to my dear friend Rogue Polymath for posting a quick, concise description of Parkinson’s Law. Ever wonder to yourself that if only you had more time, more space, or more money, etc
Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine…” – Marianne Williamson Typically you see the quote attributed, incorrectly, to Nelson Mandela. Whomever said it first, it’s a beautiful quote to ponder, especially so if
…that’s what Seth Godin said to do today at his blog and I enjoy following his advice. Well, here it goes: A few weeks ago I wrote a post about not fearing success. In that post I mentioned an abstract I’d submitted for the Theory of Constraints International Certification Organization conference in Las Vegas in
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In my own, fully experimental, non-research supported method, I’ve found two ways to judge someone’s capacity for speed (of change). 1. Listen for their verbal clues. What do they say when presented with something much better, faster, cheaper than they thought possible? Do they verbally lean into the speed of the change and say: Thank
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