To Implement Change, You Don’t Need to Convince Everyone at Once
Deep change is difficult, and worth it As we’ve seen, every organization, every project, every interaction exists to do one thing: to make change happen.
Seth Godin • This Is Marketing: You Can't Be Seen Until You Learn to See
If you’re leading a change effort, you better start looking for those first two stamps to put on your team’s cards. Rather than focusing solely on what’s new and different about the change to come, make an effort to remind people what’s already been conquered.
Dan Heath • Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard
“Small wins do not combine in a neat, linear, serial form, with each step being a demonstrable step closer to some predetermined goal,” wrote Karl Weick, a prominent organizational psychologist. “More common is the circumstance where small wins are scattered…like miniature experiments that test implicit theories about resistance and opportunity and
... See moreCharles Duhigg • The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
First, we get distracted by the inclination to make the group as big as we can imagine. After all, the change is essential, the idea is a good one. It’s for everyone.
Except that’s a trap. Because a group that’s too large cannot be coherent or organized.
Or perhaps, we blink and settle for a group that’s too small. Change requires tension, and if our... See more
Except that’s a trap. Because a group that’s too large cannot be coherent or organized.
Or perhaps, we blink and settle for a group that’s too small. Change requires tension, and if our... See more
Small groups, well organized
Big problems are rarely solved with commensurately big solutions. Instead, they are most often solved by a sequence of small solutions, sometimes over weeks, sometimes over decades.