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Change

You cannot change what you do not measure. 

Change

In most organizations, old habits get challenged only when a business hits the wall. Change is reactive, not proactive.  

Change

One of the laws of change: as soon as you try something new, you'll get resistance. 

Conformity

75% of survey takers say that new ideas in their organization are met with indifference, skepticism, or outright resistance. This is a deeply worrying finding given that new ideas are the lifeblood of every organization.

Change

Succeeding in hugely disruptive environments isn't about avoiding risks. Its actually about taking more risks - albeit calculated and controlled ones.

Change

"Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced."  -James Baldwin, writer

Change

Change is happening at light-speed these days.  Without a change in the way you see your customers, employees, products and services, and your business model, you will fall into the assumptions and rules (Paradigm) that define your industry.  Uniformity is what attracts the disruptors.  And you know where that leads!  

Planning

The best plan is the one that lets you change your plans.  #personaldevelopment

Behavior Change

The Cardinal Rule of Behavior Change: What is immediately rewarded is repeated.  What is immediately punished is avoided.  #leadership

Change

A Harvard Business Review article noted that "most studies still show 60-70% failure rate for organizational change initiatives - a statistic that has stayed constant from the 1970's to the present."  #organizationalchange