Seth Godin talks about leaning into change, well worth watching…
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Picture credit: svanes Sustainable change depends on effective provocation, as an instigator for essential destabilisation. Sometimes a gentle provocation is sufficient to create the right environment for change. But very often the subject organizations or people are simply too entrenched in their ways to be change-ready. That’s when the provocation needs to be harsher. Finding the right balance between Continue reading article » Picture credit: Etherhill Any person or organization that doesn’t evolve to changing circumstances is fated to irrelevance. I once baffled a roomful of people by showing a slide that simply (sic) read: autopoiesis, or autopsy? You choose… If this statement perplexes you, then you have a choice: ignore the statement investigate the purpose of my words The first option Continue reading article » Picture credit: Sarabbit Here are a couple of thought-provoking questions: What is the best advice you have been given by a predecessor? What advice do you give your successor? Reflecting on your answers might help to avoid falling into the traps of the three envelope gag (see below) which painfully describes the all too common difficulty of transmitting hard-won Continue reading article » Picture credit: sparkypics Do IT professionals have adequate people skills to do their job properly? The typical IT department is a tremendous vantage point from which to observe the big beasts of the corporate savannahs, constantly locked in ritual combat with each other. But, of course, we are not simply innocent bystanders on a safari. We are the people Continue reading article » |
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