If not, maybe it's time you were. As an engineer myself, this has been a difficult transition... You see, engineers don't really do stories. But I have learned (eventually) that if you want to …
Do we really see what’s in front of us?
...or hear what's said in our presence? Particularly when we're challenged by a situation, it seems we focus quite a bit on our thinking about the problem. That seems natural. And yet... It tends …
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Be the boss or be the change?
It's a trap we might fall into... If we have management responsibility for someone, we probably feel we are expected to make their change and growth happen. But hang on... We know the way human …
Fear
Fear is an inhibitor, for the most part—an inhibitor of evolution and innovation. Sure, sometimes a bit of a fright helps us get moving, but if we're too scared to take risks, we can't …
The people are fine…
The people are fine, mostly. It’s the systems and processes that are the problem. Last week my faith was to a degree restored in a large financial institution. That’s after an unnecessarily bruising …
Are you holding process or outcome?
It’s worth being clear... With a group of people engaged in change, is your commitment to a process or to a specific outcome? If you feel you need to achieve a certain outcome, then fair enough, go …
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