Have you ever caught yourself in a meeting thinking, “How does that guy know about that and I don’t?” Have you ever toured a new place and wondered, “Why didn’t my boss show me this sooner?” Have you ever left training saying, “Why didn’t the company send us to this years ago?” If you’ve had […]
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There are more colors in nature than in any size box of crayons. Yet, with a box of eight crayons, including one crayon called Blue, you can show an ocean or a sky, a naval officer’s uniform or a Blue Angels jet. But, sometimes one blue crayon isn’t enough. You need more variety of blues
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I took Cognitive Edge up on their offer to be a guest blogger. You’ll find my Cargo Cult post again there.
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Seth Godin, always adding sensible levity to a situation, asks bureaucrats to put a name on every policy. And, why not? Like Godin says, in small companies, you can find the owner, or the one woman in the marketing department. But, in an organization of 10,000 or 25,000, finding who wrote a document is harder,
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The Heath brothers (Chip and Dan) will soon have a new book out, Switch (due out February 16). Here’s a quick, new years resolution-themed look at their new book. I’m still working my way through their last book, Made to Stick.
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Seth Godin shares the: Evolution of every medium Technicians who invented it, run it Technicians with taste, leverage it Artists take over from the technicians MBAs take over from the artists Bureaucrats drive the medium to banality While I agree this evolution is typical, it isn’t the end. I’ve seen an evolution go the other
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You’ve got to love someone out encouraging others to drive change. Enjoy “Without Them” and “Welcome to the Frustration Decade (and the Decade of Change)”.
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I’m typically an impatient person. But tell me a good story about an incredible (or even a mildly interesting) journey and I will sit in rapt attention. For example, I never get bored reading, watching or listening to anything about Lewis and Clark’s journey to the Pacific ocean. I think my fascination with any journey
Learning new things often requires learning new terms, especially when the old terms (e.g., leadership, change management) are overburdened with vague and contradictory definitions and descriptions. Through my work with large organizational change, I’ve learned that I need new terms to describe two very different change methods, driving change versus driving people. I’ve found driving
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If you want to drive change, you’ll want to practice creating opportunities for others. The result of offering an opportunity can be big or small, but sometimes the result is amazing. Some say we learn best through stories, so I’ve included a few stories below the fold. The stories are pictures of what creating an
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