How to Get People to Change – Interview
Interesting interview with the authors of “Switch – How to Change Things When Change is Hard“. Some the ideas they touch on are: change the environment not the person, don’t argue with a stubborn...
View ArticleDrive Change by Being Consistent
When you’re taking down a tent there are two ways to pack it in its bag: you can roll it or stuff it. Neither way is wrong, and both have their advantages. If you roll a tent in a consistent way, then...
View ArticleTell Them What They Want to Know
The second article in a series about communication and change management. Tell Them What They Want To Hear Mistake #2 *I* Know What You Need To Know When we’re excited about a new project or...
View ArticleI’m Going to Provide an Overwhelming Rational Arguement, and then Fail
Third in a series about communication and change management “Fact, just the facts ma’am.” Great if you’re investigating a murder. Insufficient if you’re inspiring action or driving change. It is a...
View ArticleOne Email Outta Do It
Fourth in a series about communication and change management. Face to face communication is always best I love email. It’s fast, it’s easy, its’ cheap. It also provides us a record of what was said....
View ArticleEverybody Sees the World the Same Way I Do – It’s a Trap!
Fifth in a series about communication and change management Frustrated They’re Not Learning? It May Not Be Them I love words. As a child when I discovered books, that became my world. It’s where I...
View ArticleI’m Busy, They’ll Figure It Out
Sixth in a series about communication and change management We can’t manage time. We can’t manage five minutes and turn it into six. We can’t manage information overload – if we tried our heads would...
View ArticleWe Have To Do Everything NOW, So We Can Fail Faster
Seventh and last in a series about communication and change management. I’ve got a lot of renovation projects started around my house. We installed hardware floors eight years ago, and still haven’t...
View ArticleLeadership Lessons from the Music Industry
The music industry continues to change. Falling album sales eroded by on-line streaming, questions on how artists get paid and make a living, and technology making it easy for anyone to become a...
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