As I ramp into a new adventure, I’m reminded of some old memories and the blog posts that captured the learning. Here are a few that have come up in the past few days and are useful for change agents to remember. Grow the roses of success, in contrast to fearing failure Differentiating your language […]
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Looking to start up a large Guiding Coalition, a small team or something in between? Wondering what to do first? Why not study these posts from the 2010 and 2011 Leaders Series and 2013 Quick Tips here at Engine For Change? Follow Your Passion — Be Your Sun — Behave Yourself — Set the Example
As I ease back in to blogging let’s all get our engines going with some link fuel. Here are the videos that my friends and followers are sending my way. Enjoy the thoughts they provoke. CAPT David Marquet’s “Greatness” [Thanks to so many of you there are too many to name!] Introducing ODIM: Outcomes, Decisions,
This is the post where I admit that my seemingly inexhaustible energy is actually exhaustible. You’ve probably assumed as much if you’ve followed this blog the past several months. I’ve been nearly non-existent as a blogger. I have been busy in other ways though (news to be announced soon). To tide you over until I’m
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Today I recharged my batteries with a few great articles by and videos about Admiral H. G. Rickover, my favorite change agent. First, I’ll share a clip out of his speech, “Thoughts on Man’s Purpose in Life,” given to various audiences over several years (a benefit of the pre-Internet age). The task of finding a
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Today I offer you some link fuel that is energizing me. I hope it energizes you too to drive the changes you want. Liviu’s Global Perspective From the Inner Mind is a great blog with big ideas synthesized neatly. Whenever I can, I love catching up. I’ve got a huge intellectual crush on Chris Argyris,
Yesterday I got into a great conversation about the work of Chris Argyris. Today I thought I’d post the links to all my previous posts on his work. Yes, this is the cheating way to blog. Or, I could call it blog recycling and feel like I’m saving the planet. Either way, enjoy. Argyris is
I’ve been at this blog for so long that even I’m forgetting what learning I’ve captured here. It takes conversations during the day to jog a memory into my head, then a night of diligent searching to find what I was looking for. Since I hate to take any journey on my own, I offer
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The theme for today’s link fuel is building a tribe and being worthy of their loyalty. Stories about letting a few people get to love you up close and how “getting to pay for music” wins over “having to pay for music”. (H/T @skholt) Are you worthy of being a List 2 person? How to
If you’re not lucky (cursed?) enough to run into me during the week then you’re missing out on the onslaught of all the latest things I’ve been reading, pondering, or sampling. Link fuel is my answer to our lack of in-person interaction. Here’s what’s fueling my tank this week. Feel free to use the comments
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