Changing Minds Bernard Shaw
Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. | Bernard Shaw Continue reading Changing Minds Bernard Shaw
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Credit: Wikipedia - Personal_developmentProgress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. | Bernard Shaw Continue reading Changing Minds Bernard Shaw
Traditional change management often falters in complex, unpredictable environments. The Vector Theory of Change offers a resilient approach, emphasizing adaptable directions over fixed goals. This theory promotes continuous sensing, experimentation, and adaptation, allowing individuals and organizations to navigate change more effectively and thrive in uncertainty. Credit: This insight was inspired by Dave Snowden. Further Reading … Continue reading Set a Direction Rather Than a Specific Goal Change Insight
Change emerges organically through interactions and relationships within complex systems. Rather than imposing top-down mandates, create conditions that attract desired behaviors by strategically altering the environment. Facilitate sense-making processes and share stories that shape collective thought patterms, fostering natural adaptation and evolution. Credit: This insight was inspired by Dave Snowden. Further Reading Dissent Should Be … Continue reading Don’t Try to Change People, Change How They Interact Change Insight
Dissent is essential for meaningful dialogue, reflection, and commitment. Suppressing doubts or disagreements drives negativity underground, but surfacing them fosters understanding, ownership, and progress. “No” begins the path to genuine collaboration and effective change. Further Reading Conversation Is Action Don’t Try to Change People, Change How They Interact This page is part of a blook … Continue reading Dissent Should Be Embraced, Not Suppressed Change Insight
We must become the change we want to see in the world. Credit: Mahatma Gandhi Books: Mahatma GandhiOn Becoming Change Mahatma GandhiYour Beliefs Become Your Thoughts Mahatma GandhiQuotations: Mahatma GandhiOn Becoming Change Mahatma GandhiYour Beliefs Become Your Thoughts Mahatma GandhiTags: change (24) | Mahatma Gandhi (3)Google Web Search Photo Credits: Pixabay (Pixabay)This quotation is part of … Continue reading On Becoming Change Mahatma Gandhi
History isn’t the study of the past; it is the study of change. History teaches us what remains the same, what changes, and how things change. Credit: Yuval Noah Harari Source: Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks From the Stone Age to AI by Yuval Noah Harari (2024)People: Yuval Noah HarariYuval Noah Harari Historian … Continue reading History Isn’t the Study of the Past Yuval Noah Harari
Despite current ads and slogans, the world doesn’t change one person at a time. It changes when networks of relationships form among people who share a common cause and vision of what’s possible. This is good news for those of us intent on creating a positive future. Rather than worry about critical mass, our work is to foster critical … | Meg Wheatley Continue reading The World Doesn’t Change One Person at a Time Meg Wheatley
I have long argued, and repeated ad nauseam that in complexity we start journeys with a sense of direction we don’t try and achieve goals. We remain open to the evolutionary opportunities of the here and now, the present and the adjacent future states. | Dave Snowden Continue reading In Complexity We Start Journeys with a Sense of Direction Dave Snowden
A culture is emergent and is the result of millions of interactions, behaviours, artifacts and stories that people build up over time. It is unpredictable and results in surprise. The idea that a “culture change initiative” can be rolled out from the top of an organization is not only a myth, it’s a hidden form of colonization. And worse, the idea that people need to be changed in the way the … | Chris Corrigan Continue reading Culture Is Emergent Chris Corrigan
Changing the interactions between people is both more effective in achieving change and more ethical; telling people what sort of people you think they should be is a paternalistic form of neo-colonialism. | Dave Snowden Continue reading Changing the Interactions Between People Dave Snowden
Stop the paternalistic attempt to define how people think and engineer a XYZ culture and instead focus on creating and disrupting connections and engaging people in small actions in the here and now. Mindset change smacks of indoctrination. | Dave Snowden Continue reading Mindset Change Smacks of Indoctrination Dave Snowden
If you want to make any real difference then stop making lists of idealised qualities of how things should be — they will always end up as anodyne platitudes — focus on understanding and critically ACTING in the present to start shifting things in a better direction | Dave Snowden Continue reading Stop Making Lists of Idealised Qualities of How Things Should Be Dave Snowden
You think that writing is communicating your ideas to your readers. It is not. What is professional writing? Professional writing, what is it? It’s not conveying your ideas to your readers. It’s changing their ideas. Nobody cares what ideas you have. Credit: Larry McEnerney Comment: This quote challenges the conventional view of writing as mere … Continue reading Changing Your Readers’ Ideas Larry McEnerney
The function of an academic piece is not to communicate your ideas, it’s to change the ideas of an existing community. Now, sometimes you do that by communicating your ideas, sometimes you don’t. But understand what it’s for and understand that your training has been all about revealing your head. | Larry McEnerney Continue reading The Function of an Academic Piece of Writing Larry McEnerney
I get this question all the time. Simon, I buy into all your stuff, it’s wonderful. Thank you very much, but I’m not the CEO. How do I change the organization when I’m not in charge? There’s like four levels up above me. What am I supposed to do? And the answer is, of course, … Continue reading Influence Change at Any Level Simon Sinek (2024)
The kind of conversation I like is one in which you are prepared to emerge a slightly different person. | Theodore Zeldin Continue reading The Kind of Conversation I Like Theodore Zeldin
Writing with AI Isn’t Necessarily Cheating Protected: My Writing Process ## Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter What’s the Vibe? Please be patient as this may take up to a minute to load… Close Conversations shape how we understand and adapt to change. When dialogue is restricted by rigid goals or constrained by fixed … Continue reading The Vector of Great Conversations A parallel between the vector theory of change and conversational leadership
Traditional change management methods, with their rigid plans and fixed outcomes, often struggle in today’s complex, unpredictable environments. Dave Snowden’s Vector Theory of Change offers a more adaptable solution by focusing on setting a broad direction (vector) rather than a specific goal. Continue reading The Vector Theory of Change Navigating change in a complex world
Wisdom of Crowds of Crowds What Is the Optimum Group Size for a Conversation? Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter What’s the Vibe? Please be patient as this may take up to a minute to load… Close Small group conversations are at the heart of Conversational Leadership, but there are several challenges to be … Continue reading Introduction: Small Group Conversations Small groups are an essential building block to any future you want to create
Introduction: Knowledge Café Applications Reading Group Café Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter What’s the Vibe? Please be patient as this may take up to a minute to load… Close Organizations rely on conversations to navigate change. Too often, these conversations are one-way, with managers pushing decisions instead of engaging people in meaningful dialogue. … Continue reading Conversations That Drive Change Using Knowledge Cafés for transformation and change
Don’t Discourage Dissent: Many view conflict as bad and try suppressing it, but disagreement is healthy. It is an opportunity to have a meaningful conversation, and we should encourage it. Continue reading Don’t Discourage Dissent Fear, uncertainty and doubt are good things