by DavidFraser | Feb 21, 2014 | Change, Innovation, Leadership, Organizations
We’re addicted to control—control of our businesses, our public services, and our non-profits and charities. It seems so logical: The tighter we can nail down what happens in our organisations, the more efficient and reliable and predictable they will be. That...
by DavidFraser | Feb 19, 2014 | Change, Innovation, Leadership, Organizations, Personal Mastery
We generally want evidence that something works, and our first thought is it’s to be found “out there.” What have other people done? There are sound enough reasons for looking at things this way, and it can be important for influencing stakeholders...
by DavidFraser | Feb 14, 2014 | Change, Leadership, Organizations
To be influential takes consistency. You have to keep at it. Once you’ve said you stand for a particular thing, you really need to act congruently with that. This point could be understood as an aspect of branding, which suggests it’s a corporate kind of...
by DavidFraser | Feb 12, 2014 | Change, Leadership, Organizations, Personal Mastery
I don’t mean like your car… Do you need attention from other people? It’s often nice to have a little bit of attention, but does it always help you get what you want? Perhaps not… Conventional wisdom says that before you can be heard you have...
by DavidFraser | Feb 7, 2014 | Change, Leadership, Organizations
Have you ever tried getting a hedgehog to move? What happens if you frighten it? Sometimes out walking in the dark, I’ve come across a hedgehog on the road. It’s dangerous for a hedgehog, being on the road—a bit like an organisation in a changing world. So...
by DavidFraser | Feb 5, 2014 | Change, Leadership, Organizations, Personal Mastery
That’s the point. If you could evidence it, then it wouldn’t be an inkling. It’d be a fact, or at least a strong hypothesis. Many organisations only want to act on facts. They ask their people to prove their inklings; to make a head-space thing out...
