This morning I got to witness a roomful of people celebrating how well they are driving change. It was amazing and fabulous! I listened to their words and their stories: We get to. We have a sense of urgency. It was easy to find small wins. We have so many big wins we can’t talk […]
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All new ideas begin in a non-conforming mind that questions some tenet of the “conventional wisdom.” All improvements originate in a critical mind that mistrusts the “image” projected by some powerful organism. The innovator of ideas and social critic are essential to a free society; they are what makes the society free.” – Admiral H.
For years I’ve carried, on a little card in my day planner, John Kotter’s lists of emotions that drive change and emotions that stall change. I mentioned this card before, but didn’t list the emotions. Do what you can to live the emotions that drive change, and though those around you are mired in the
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Seth Godin launched his new book Linchpin this week. I think I’ll be buying it this weekend. Wondering why I’m in such a rush? Check out these excerpts from the Amazon.com write up. There used to be two teams in every workplace: management and labor. Now there’s a third team, the linchpins. These people invent,
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Some authors say at least 60% of change efforts fail to achieve lasting results. In “Why Process Improvement Projects Go Wrong,” Professor Satya Chokravorty shares how and why a majority of Six Sigma implementations fail. Professor Chokravorty found: …that when confronted with increasing stress over time, these programs react in much the same way a
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“There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.” Henry David Thoreau Catch the quote of the week here or on Twitter (@engineforchange).
…the person who tries, fails and tries again. At work last week we celebrated the success of an issue I’d been working on for nine years. Some wins come quickly. Some don’t. For those hard to achieve changes, the only way to someday win is by being willing to try, fail and try again. For
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From Zappos.com: At Zappos.com, our #1 focus is our company culture. We believe that if we get the culture right, most of the other stuff, like great customer service and an enduring brand, will happen naturally on its own. We found that “Tribal Leadership” describes many of the steps that we took intuitively to build
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Now for a new feature: “Your Thoughts?” I’ll post something someone short and ask you for your thoughts. As they are your thoughts, anything goes. This is a good place to practice commenting in public. I’d venture a guess that if you can’t comment on your own thoughts to strangers on a blog, you’re probably
