Sycophants are not wondering what is best for the organisation, they are only interested in what is best for them. If you ask them about for a SWOT analysis of your company product or opportunities for disruption, they will spout some generic nonsense. However, ask them about section 2, article 3c, paragraph 2 of the company handbook and they will recite it to the letter. In essence, they know how to survive in an organisation all the way to pension, riding on the coattails of those in power.
Posted 3 years ago Tagged Corporate Change Blog Elephant-V-Ymir Ray Harryhausen Ray Harryhausen gifs The Harryhausen Effect
Working in corporation change is fraught with many challenges. One of these challenges is ostracisation and rejection of the change agent by the corporate immune system. It is useful to understand why this resistance can be expected. Many change makers struggle with this apparent rejection by their colleagues and with the inevitable frustration due to the glacial speed of progress. The reasons for such phenomena are as manifold as the obstacles one must overcome. However, for this Thursday Thought, let’s consider a core reason why change is so difficult: the fear of the unknown.
Posted 3 years ago Tagged A Mindset of Permanent Reinvention for Individuals Aidan McCullen Undisruptable Chaos isn't a pit Organisations and Life Undisruptable Undisruptable Book
One of the challenges that so many organisations and individuals face is that we have grown accustomed to a steady and stable environment. The relative stability of the post-war period, an anomalous period in world history, has somewhat contributed to our conditioning for stability. As a result, our mental and operational flexibility has atrophied. Progress and change only happen when we adapt, when we permanent reinvent, when we understand that chaos and order are bedfellows.
Posted 3 years ago Tagged Allen Alexander Business Entrepreneurship Innovation Leadership Olga Kokshagina The Radical Innovation Playbook The Radical Innovation Playbook Olga Kokshagina and Allen Alexander
A practical guide for harnessing new, novel or game-changing breakthroughs
The Radical Innovation Playbook with Olga Kokshagina and Allen Alexander
Posted 3 years ago Tagged 75% corporate change fail 75% transformation iniatives fail Corporate Change Blog Intrapreneurship Difficulties Matches as Catalysts Realities of Change makers Realities of Intrapreneurship
The chemical reactions involved in striking a match provide a great metaphor for the plight of a corporate change maker.
Posted 3 years ago Tagged Business Entrepreneurship Innovation Leadership Michael Bungay Stanier The Advice Trap
This episode is about getting to grips with how to actually change your behaviour so you stay curious a little bit longer.
Author of The Advice Trap: Be Humble, Stay Curious & Change the Way You Lead Forever, Michael Bungay Stanier tells us how.
Posted 3 years ago Tagged Aidan McCullen Undisruptable Corporate Culture Good people go quiet Ideas Innovation Innovation Management Swiss cheese Model Idea Penetration
Swiss cheese Model for Ideas Aidan McCullen. Have you noticed a colleague who was once full of ideas, who has gone unusually quiet? Perhaps you may assume they are just disinterested? You may think they are having a bad day? Perhaps instead, they have fallen prey to a corporate lobotomy? Perhaps they are worn down? Perhaps they just couldn’t be bothered any more.
Posted 3 years ago Tagged Business Captain David Marquet Entrepreneurship Human Potential Innovation Leadership Leadership is Language Technology Turn the Ship Around!
No matter your business or your position, you can apply his approach to create a workplace where everyone takes responsibility for their actions, people are healthier and happier – and everyone is a leader.
Posted 3 years ago Tagged Creativity Curiosity Pandora Hope Elpis
Curiosity is essential, but… Preschool children ask an average of 100 questions per day, but shamefully, by middle school, they all but stop asking questions. In a world of abundant data and information, asking the right question is an invaluable skill. The answer can be found easily, coming up with the right question is much more difficult.
Posted 3 years ago Tagged Aidan McCullen Aidan McCullen Innovation Aidan McCullen Undisruptable Dr. Howard Thurman quote Prometheus Fire Prometheus Punishment Eagle Sometimes you are unsatisfied with your life Ben Carson Sometimes you are unsatisfied with your life quote Sometimes you are unsatisfied with your life Wasted potential
Prometheus risked everything to give us a spark, a fire within. Therefore, it is our responsibility to kindle that spark, to keep it alive and to nurture it on to future generations. We are all born with a spark, however small and however clouded by circumstance. Many of us all our spark to fizzle as we grown older or allow others to extinguish or douse our inner flames. While we will not suffer torture like Prometheus did, not embracing our spark can result in mental torture throughout our existence.