Is it happening to "them" or to you?
Did you read Jeff De Cagna's article in Associations Now? It's a good one. There was some interesting blog banter not too long ago about revolution versus incremental, and we all know Jeff's on the revolution ...
Category: Change
Do versus Say
Seth Godin made a good point in his blog:We no longer care what you say.We care a great deal about what you do.I have personally hit a tipping point with regard to "messages." I'm sick of them. I rarely wat ...
Branding: I Need Convincing
I need some help here. I know that there are a ton of very, very smart people who are involved in "branding," so I assume that branding must be a good thing. But when I hear it discussed, I'm not convinced. ...
Businesses Competing for Volunteers
The October HBR is chock full of "myth of control" articles. I mentioned a small one yesterday, but the lead article by Scott Cook of Intuit (maker of Quicken) is all about "harnessing the masses" by ...
Think Strategic Planning is Bad? Try Best Practices!
Thanks Jeff for chiming in on my rant against strategic planning. It reminded me, however, that I had wanted to point to YOUR previous post about best practices so I could take my turn chiming in. Jeff quotes Dave Polla ...
Leadership and Change
Thanks to Kristin Clarke on Acronym for pointing to a good ChangeThis manifesto: People Don't Hate Change, They Hate How You Are Trying to Change Them. This is a free download, by the way (if you don't know about ChangeT ...
Your Organization is a Living, Breathing Creature…
...And living, breathing creatures are always changing. Hmmmm. I came across a nice post on a small business blog that invoked one of my all-time favorite quotes: "If you do what you've always done, you'll get what ...
It's the People, Stupid
Not having time to write my blog is easy when other people do it for me! Today I just have to point to Hugh MacLeod's awesome post from a few days ago called "the cultural problem." In short, he was commenting ...
It’s the People, Stupid
Not having time to write my blog is easy when other people do it for me! Today I just have to point to Hugh MacLeod's awesome post from a few days ago called "the cultural problem." In short, he was commenting ...
Helping People Change
Maddie and Jeff have written some very thought-provoking posts in the last week or so that have been framed as revolution vs. incremental. The posts are really good, and I do recommend reading each one. Here they are in ...