We are approaching such a paradigm shift in the workplace, but we still have a long way to go. Just as white actors playing the roles of black actors and men playing the roles of women seems preposterous today, I believe, in time, we will consider some of our modern-day work practices absurd. This Thursday Thought highlights the need to consider the female menstrual cycle in a paradigmatic shift in work practices.
Posted 3 years ago Tagged Aidan McCullen Aidan McCullen Blog Aidan McCullen Undisruptable Business Models Letting Go Mental Models Orpheus Innovation
The legend of Orpheus and Eurydice is a story of love, faith and transformation. It provides a wonderful analogy for letting go of the past and having faith in the future.
To transform we must let go of the way things used to be. Yes, we must respect the old order of things, but then let go.
Posted 3 years ago Tagged Annie Auerbach Business Entrepreneurship Flex Flexible work Future Of Work Human Potential Innovation Leadership Starling Agency
Flex is a manifesto for living and working on your terms. It means looking at the established, rigid ways of doing things and asking: ‘Is this really working for me?’ If the answer to that question is ‘No’ then read on, because this book is for you.
We welcome the author of Flex: Reinventing Work for a Smarter, Happier Life, Annie Auerbach
Posted 3 years ago Tagged Aidan McCullen Aidan McCullen Blog Aidan McCullen Undisruptable Business Transformation Change Change Management Fear of Change Transformation Transforming Legacy Organizations
Fear is a construct of the mind, fed by our experiences, upbringing, genes and more. Because fear is subjective, each of us experiences fear in different ways.
Posted 3 years ago Tagged Aidan McCullen Business Catalysts Entrepreneurship Human Potential Innovation Leadership Move Fast. Break Shit. Burn Out. The Catalyst’s Guide to Working Well Shannon Lucas
Catalysts feel a deep sense of drive toward a better future state. We can’t help but see potential change and set it in motion, wherever we are. We’re energized and we’re driven by it.
We welcome author of Move Fast. Break Shit. Burn Out.: The Catalyst’s Guide to Working Well, Shannon Lucas, welcome to the show.
Posted 3 years ago Tagged Aidan McCullen Change Eat Innovate Scott D. Anthony Innovation Sleep Transformation
The world’s biggest untapped source of energy isn’t the wind, water, or sun. It is inside existing organisations, which are brimming with innovation energy. Today that energy is largely constrained and contained. You need to release, harness, and amplify it. Today’s book will show you how.
Posted 3 years ago Tagged “There is nothing as difficult and as expensive Aidan McCullen Undisruptable as trying to keep a corpse from stinking.” but also nothing as futile Organisational Necromones Peter Drucker
Necromones are fatty acids in insects associated with decomposition and are a strong signal for members of the same species to stay away—possibly to protect others from catching a contagion. Like animals, humans have putrefaction volatiles that act as necromones. This ability to sense death, decomposition or disease is important, it serves the survival of a species. This Thursday Thought poses the question, can you sense when an organisation is dying?
Posted 3 years ago Tagged Aidan McCullen Blog Aidan McCullen Innovation Aidan McCullen Undisruptable Booby Ritual Twig Corporate Rituals Innovation Rituals Origin human handshake The Booby Trap: Respecting Rituals for Corporate Change makers
The Blue-Footed Booby has evolved to no longer build a nest in which to lay their eggs. The modern Booby lays eggs on the ground. Therefore, this ritual is decorative, it serves no practical purpose, it is a remnant of their evolutionary ancestor.So what has this got to do with corporate culture and corporate innovation? Quite a lot, I believe.
Posted 3 years ago Tagged Business Entrepreneurship How Innovators Lead Transformation Human Potential Innovation Leadership Pirates In The Navy Technology Tendayi Viki
Tendayi Viki shares how for innovators inside established companies, making a distinction between being a pirate and joining the navy is a fallacy. We have to figure out a way to become pirates in the navy!
Posted 3 years ago Tagged Aidan McCullen Undisruptable Caitlin O'Connell Caitlin O'Connell Wild Rituals. Innovation Lessons from Animals
Ritualized greetings, such as mouth-licking in wolves or a handshake in humans, are a form of information gathering, and they have evolved among social animals to strengthen bonds and build trust.