This afternoon I devoured Seth Godin’s new book, Poke the Box. As an activator, someone accustomed to starting things, I found much to love in this rant, as Godin calls it, devoted to encouraging all of us to start things, lots of things. As a Guiding Coalition practitioner, I found a lot to enjoy relative […]
“Poke the Box” Reviewed Read More »
Did you know John Kotter’s new book, Buy-in, is out in hardcover? As a Guiding Coalition practitioner, you can’t be surprised that I rushed to purchase the book. Here’s an excerpt from the review: You’ve got a good idea. You know it could make a crucial difference for you, your organization, your community. You present
Reading for me is like applying large strips of Velcro to my brain. With each new thing I read, whether a business book, novel or local newspaper, I now have new information that other information can stick to. This new information always seems to help me find the patterns I need to drive the changes
In need of more Velcro Read More »
I’m always a bit spun up after I finished a challenging book and my latest read has left me more spun up than most. I’ve just finished reading Ayn Rand’s 650+ page The Fountainhead. I include how many pages the novel has only to shorten the time between when you consider reading the book and
Keating or Roark: How do you drive change? Read More »
Today I’m excited to post my review of Andrea Shapiro’s second edition of Creating Contagious Commitment. In 2005 I started my journey through organizational change, with the first edition of Andrea Shapiro’s Creating Contagious Commitment: Applying the Tipping Point to Organizational Change as my implementer’s guide to successful change. Since 2005 I’ve learned a lot of
Book Review: Creating Contagious Commitment Read More »
A while back I posted the link to a free audio copy of Dave Logan, John King and Halee Fischer-Wright’s book, Tribal Leadership. They describe the book as: Every company, indeed, every organization, is a tribe, or if it’s large enough, a network of tribes—groups of twenty to 150 people in which everyone knows everyone
Reviewing “Tribal Leadership” Read More »
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,
Are you a Linchpin? Read More »
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
When One Blue Crayon Isn’t Enough Read More »
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.
Heath Brothers and Switch Read More »
