These are short thought provokers, lessons learned and pieces of
advice from others to add perspective and value to this subject. Read
these to spark your thinking in new directions to get to a solution, a new idea
or gain awareness. Sources can include authors, including the original
author, coaches, consultants and other subject matter experts. For links
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Applet 1: Change Happens
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Applet 2: Anticipate
Change - tbd |
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Applet 3: Monitor Change |
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1.
ADVICE a.
Dr. Spencer Johnson MD,
author of “Who Moved my Cheese”, “The Present”,
etc.: I invented this little story so I
could heal myself during a time when I wasn't dealing with change very well.
I had allowed myself to ignore signals that I didn’t want to hear or
see or feel until it was too late. It made me remember that I had heard
a story some years before about the difference between mice and people --
mice don't keep going to the same place when they find there's no cheese.
People keep going back to the same spot and spend a lot of time complaining
that the cheese isn't there. This lesson on Monitoring Change is an
example of why keeping eyes, ears, minds and hearts tuned into possible
change is so important. Especially when the change could be perceived
as bad or negative. If you are like me, you might ignore the signs.
And the questions, thinklets and triggers in this applet will help
anyone to think about and actually work through how that can personally
monitor change. 2.
EXCERPTS a.
Peter Schwartz,
author of “The Art of the Long View”: Investigation is not just a useful tool for gathering
facts. It hones your ability to perceive. Even your specific
purpose in any particular research project is tagged to your inbred
assumptions. You (need to) seek out those facts and perceptions which
challenge those assumptions. You look for disconfirming
evidence. Flexibility of perspective is critical. You
simultaneously focus on questions that matter to you, and keep your awareness
open for the unexpected. Like a hunter, alerted to the presence of prey
by the snap of a broken twig, you learn to pluck out a key piece of vital
information in the dizzying flood of words, images, sounds and numbers that
most of us swim in. Most of us have set a strict set of filters to keep
from drowning., We pay attention to only what we
think we need to (or want to) know. (Monitoring Cheese) therefore means
becoming aware of one’s filter and continually readjusting it to let in more
data about the world, but without becoming overwhelmed. 3.
QUOTES: a. “Anyone who thinks there's safety in numbers hasn't looked at
the stock market pages.” Irene
Peter b. “Because
things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are.”
Bertolt
Brecht c. “He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for
time is the greatest innovator.” Francis
Bacon d. If you're in a bad situation, don't worry it'll change. If
you're in a good situation, don't worry it'll change. John
A. Simone, Sr. e.
Just because everything is different doesn't mean anything has
changed. Irene
Peter f.
Just when I
think I have learned the way to live, life changes. |
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Applet 4: Adapt to
Change Quickly - tbd |
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Applet 5: Change - tbd |
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Applet 6: Enjoy Change -
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Applet 7: Be Ready to Change Quickly and Again &
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1.
ADVICE a.
Dr. Spencer Johnson MD, author of “Who
Moved my Cheese”, “The Present”, etc.:
Once you realize that you have adapted to a change, take a moment to learn
from what happened. It shouldn’t be too hard to track your own journey
through the steps listed in the Handwriting on the Wall. This little
exercise should help reinforce the process in your brain to help create a new
thinking pattern for next time. Each time you deal with change, whether
the outcome is good or bad, you can grow your natural change capabilities by
mapping your experience to this “cheese” process. b.
Karen Buelow, Strategy Coach:
Every day there are thousands of little things in the workplace or in life
that seem to indicate change. So how do you sort through the
signals? I think the trick is to look for:
i. Trends
Over Time: Are not always easy to spot, but if
you think about possible trajectories and then actively look for these
trends, you will be amazed at what you perceive differently.
i. Signposts:
These are important events, commentary, behaviors, etc. that could make an
impact on the area you are monitoring. It helps to identify these in
advance and then monitor them. 2.
EXCERPTS a.
Jack Welch, quoted from
“Control Your Destiny or Someone Else Will”: “..one of the big lessons is that change has no
constituency. People like the status quo. They like the way it
was. When you start changing things, the good old days look better and
better. You’ve got to be prepared for massive resistance. If your change
isn’t big enough, revolutionary enough, the bureaucracy can beat you. You
have to move faster than you think.” 3.
QUOTES: a.
“Lord, where we are wrong, make us willing to change; where we
are right, make us easy to live with”. b.
“The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it,
move with it, and join the dance”. |