Tag: adaptive change
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Learning to Fail Fast (in the church)
Lewis Center for Church Leadership: Learning to Fail Fast "… Petrie advocates what he calls "vertical development" or the advancement in a person's capacity to think in "more complex, systemic, strategic, and interdependent ways (in contrast to horizontal development that adds knowledge, skills, and competencies). New leaders must think differently before they can act differently.…
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The last Kodak moment?
The Economist: The last Kodak moment? Kodak is at death’s door; Fujifilm, its old rival, is thriving. Why? … Both firms saw their traditional business rendered obsolete. But whereas Kodak has so far failed to adapt adequately, Fujifilm has transformed itself into a solidly profitable business, with a market capitalisation, even after a rough year,…
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Motivating change
Call and Response: Motivating change … I thought of the recent book on leading change by Alan Deutschman, “Change or Die.” Deutschman says people generally try to motivate change by using, “The Three F’s: Facts, Fear and Force.” The grim facts are related. If that doesn’t work we try to generate fear. “With numbers like…