It's Change O'Clock Somewhere

Tag: change management

  • Oh, you’re busy?

    Weird, I thought it was just me. This is the opening line of Chapter 7 of Hal Elrod’s The Miracle Morning. If you’re not familiar with it, check it out here. It goes on to say: “One of the most common concerns I hear from people is the idea of adding anything new to their…

  • Why change is so hard

    I recently came across the following from famous astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson: “In science, when human behaviour enters the equation, things go non-linear. That’s why physics is easy and sociology is hard,”. I’m not a scientist but I’ve seen how true this is throughout my career in a business setting. According to Chip and Dan…

  • Alignment vs Consensus

    Not the same thing. When you’re trying to lead change, you want alignment. Consensus may be a nice to have. Alignment is a must have. Food for thought for all of you non-change practitioners who are leading change in your organization. Keep up the good work. It matters. Have a great long weekend! I love…

  • Nobody knows what they’re doing before they do it

    Do you know someone who exudes so much confidence that it’s sickening? Don’t think of that person. Now, think of someone who shows (in your opinion) the ‘just right’ amount of confidence. What is it about them? Is it the way they carry themselves? Is it what they say? Is it the quality of their…

  • Find bright spots

    You’re trying to implement change… but you’re getting quite a bit of resistance. You do what seems right… you immediately raise the issue within the team and now it’s “all hands on deck” to analyze the situation and solve the problem. Workshops ensue (“we need to brainstorm on how to complete the analysis and eliminate…

  • You can’t play Jenga with a house of cards

    It was a Friday. A humid summer one in Boston. Myself and the other workstream leads were exasperated with our Dev team. “You can’t play Jenga with a house of cards,” our business lead said. We were in the final push of an 18-month journey to bring a new CRM platform to thousands of professionals…