Change Experience

  • a day in my life

    The effective change leader must force themselves to look for the likely results of interventions. The trap is to focus of what they want. Life has this interesting characteristic of causal chains. Responsibility demands that you understand the likely causal chain as much as possible. The human tendency perhaps is to focus on the results…

  • one time

    The first is a tolerance for uncertainty. You must be able to endure extended periods of ambiguity. Some thrive in vagueness. Others seek certainty. If you would lead change, you must wean yourself of the desire to be totally sure first. I need to clarify this so it is not interpreted as advocating hastiness or…

  • the new day

    Let us say it is two thousand years ago. You are part of a Germanic community living in lands that would one day be called Norway, Denmark, or Sweden. Your world is small. Not small in importance, but small in scale. You will probably live your entire life within a few dozen miles of where…