We had a brochure we used a year ago that had a cut picture of a baby’s feet with the caption
CHANGE Is Hard:Only babies with wet diapers want to be changed.
Here is an even better example of the challenges of change. It adds the diversity aspect so well.

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It has been a busy few weeks since I arrived home to Berlin from my trip to the USA. One of the activities I attended while in the States was to attend part of the Nexus Conference. I had the opportunity to spend some time with Barbara Benedict Bunker over breakfast one [...]

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At 1-Focus International, we have created a sustainability framework that integrates and honors large scale and individual change processes.
In the spirit of sharing knowledge with others about these various large scale change methodologies, I bring your attention to the process known as a “Wisdom Council” developed by Jim Rough who also coined the term that [...]

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Special limited time offer: Access the entire April issue of Harvard Business Review free of charge, this month at HBR.org.
While the feature article on Google is an interesting read, we recommend Stewart D. Friedman’s article (video below) and Can You Say What Your Strategy Is? by David J. Collis and Michael G. Rukstad:
It’s a [...]

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By guest writer Mary Jo Asmus, President, Aspire Collaborative Services
High achievers may exhibit what George Parsons and Richard Pascale have described in Harvard Business Review as “Summit Syndrome”. We notice this phenomenon when an employee with an outstanding career becomes stagnant; or worse, she may sabotage her career by initiating unproductive arguments, failure to [...]

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