Topic: change
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Beth Comstock and GE: Imagining the future
Thursday, May 9, 2013 · Topics: change, failure, futuring
From Knowledge@Wharton: Beth Comstock, a senior vice president and chief marketing officer at General Electric, thinks everyone should embrace change, accept challenges and never fear failure. It is advice that has helped her continue to grow in her career at NBC, CBS and now GE, where, among other things, she convinced the CEO to support a new slogan for the company: “imagination at work.” Comstock offered her thoughts during a Wharton Leadership Lecture. · Go to Beth Comstock and GE: Imagining the future →
Transformative scenario planning
Saturday, September 15, 2012 · Topics: change, command-and-control, scenario-planning
From Adam Kahane: If we choose to try to change the future, then we must choose how. More often than not, we choose to push. We have an idea of the way we think things ought to be, and we marshal our resources — arguments, authority, supporters, money, weapons — to try to make it so. But often when we push, others push back, and we end up frustrated, exhausted, and stuck. Over and over we encounter such stuck situations, in all kinds of social systems: families, teams, communities, organizations, nations. · Go to Transformative scenario planning →
Meet the league of extraordinary women: 60 influencers who are changing the world
Wednesday, June 27, 2012 · Topics: change, influencers
From FastCompany: The previously untold story of how an unprecedented network of high-achieving women from the world’s largest companies, innovative startups, philanthropic organizations, government, and the arts combined forces to change the lives of girls and women everywhere. · Go to Meet the league of extraordinary women: 60 influencers who are changing the world →
Theory of change as a tool for strategic planning
Friday, April 20, 2012 · Topics: change, org-change
A report from Wallace Foundation: We’ve posted a report previously unavailable on our Web site: an Aspen Institute assessment of an early Wallace experience in the “theory of change” method, with a slew of lessons on using the approach. · Go to Theory of change as a tool for strategic planning →
An HR lesson from Steve Jobs: If you want change agents, hire pirates
Wednesday, January 25, 2012 · Topics: apple, change, employee-engagement, org-change, org-culture
From FastCompany: Why? Because pirates can operate when rules and safety nets break down. “It’s more fun to be a pirate than to join the navy.” This quote, made back in the days of the original Mac development team, says a lot about how Steve Jobs viewed people and selected them for teams. It also speaks to the kind of team and team behavior he admired. To build a team, all organizations seek the best and the brightest people, particularly for their innovation and new product development organizations — that’s not what’s in question here. By seeking out the pirates, Steve took the idea a big step further. · Go to An HR lesson from Steve Jobs: If you want change agents, hire pirates →
Leading transformation and captivating communities
Friday, January 20, 2012 · Topics: change, leadership, org-change
From Brian Solis at ChangeThis: Social media is not the catalyst for change, but merely one of its agents. We must remember that Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, and the like are the networks that facilitate an uprising. However, it is repression, angst, injustice, inequality, vision, aspiration and hope that serve as the true stimulus for insurrection and progress. Technology plays a part in transformation and it is up to you to learn how social, mobile, real-time, and all other emerging trends are affecting your industries, communities, or markets.
What we learn as a result however is that these new tools can bring people together and unite them under a common front or concerted mission. At the center of any revolution is the burning desire to bring about change. But it always comes down to people, shared experiences, and a common ambition. And it is people who need one another for leadership, support, and inspiration. What’s missing from the equation is your vision and leadership. · Go to Leading transformation and captivating communities →
The Fun Theory
Sunday, January 15, 2012 · Topics: change, org, simplicity
This site is dedicated to the thought that something as simple as fun is the easiest way to change people’s behavior for the better. Be it for yourself, for the environment, or for something entirely different, the only thing that matters is that it’s change for the better. · Go to The Fun Theory →
Change is the new constant: Leading organizations that (can) thrive in crises
Monday, November 21, 2011 · Topics: change, new-normal, trends
From Alan Lewis in ChangeThis: Most organizations believe they are not working as well as they used to. They blame the rapid and unpredictable changes that are going on around them. But many of them have failed to grasp one fundamental truth: Change is the new constant. To be successful in the 21st century requires an approach that change is here to stay, so one of the most critical components for success is now the ability to build a culture to adapt and thrive in change. · Go to Change is the new constant: Leading organizations that (can) thrive in crises →
