It's Change O'Clock Somewhere

Changemakers needed.

  • What is change management?

    If you search “change management” on Google today, you’ll get 145 million results. Not helpful when you’re returning to your office after a meeting, at which someone declared “change management” is critical” and you have no idea what that even means. Let me break it down. For starters, let’s acknowledge that “change” is a pretty…

  • Perspective: For Employees

    As an employee, it can be easy to fall into the comfort zone of “that’s not my job” or “that’s someone else’s job.” While this mindset doesn’t happen overnight, and isn’t necessarily intentional, it’s also not particularly useful or helpful to your organization. So, as an employee (an individual contributor), what can you do to…

  • The most important thing is to start…

    But when you feel that your knowledge is inadequate or experience is lacking, it can inhibit you from doing anything. This is true in most pursuits, not just in leading change. You don’t want to get it wrong, right? Better to do it once you’ve learned more, right? Wrong, actually. Timing is rarely dictated by…

  • What will happen when computers take our place?

    There’s a lot of “human” work that has been replaced by computers. At one time, we thought robots doing simple tasks would be “the thing.” Nope. We wish. The reality is that computers/tech/AI are in the mix for complex tasks, thought previously to be safe – research and analysis, medicine, and even creative work like…

  • Feeling safe in the chaos

    Last month, I was at an event in Toronto with a group of changemakers, mostly self-made entrepreneurs who share a mission to impact a million (or more) people through their work. One of the presenters talked about how chaos is found between the status quo and progress. While an important outcome of a changemaker’s effort…

  • Perspective: for Managers

    You may have seen images that illustrate how far apart managers and employees can be from each other (like the one above from Root Learning). You’ll often see a canyon or chasm between the two, maybe with a rickety wooden bridge or a frayed rope as the only way to get across to the other…

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