(Transcript) I wanted to share with you why I’m focusing more on the personal, particularly in my practice, but also in the book. I think real change, especially when we’re looking at organizational change, especially if we’re looking at societal change needs to start in ourselves and then the next place it goes is […]
I’m Writing a Book!
(Two actually….but this one will appear first.) I’m writing Personal Change Planning – Deciding What to Pursue and Shrinking the Gap Between Desired State and Future State (working title). Over the next month – I will be sharing case studies and facilitation techniques using the Change Planning Model I am developing. The book promotion is […]
Update from The Lab
Cross-Posted at medium.com/@meaningfulflow Change Planning Update Key changes: I’ve separated out personal change planning and will concentrate on that during this phase of the project. Organizational Change Planning has been moved to phase 2. Opportunity knocked and I had to answer the door. I’ve returned to Ken Wilber’s original definitions of the It and Its […]
How to Measure the Life Impact of a Change
Transcript (edited from Temi.com) Like most coaches, we’re going to work with the wheel of life. There’s going to be a couple of key differences though between how you and I are going to work together with this versus other coaches. First – I wanted to make sure you could see how whatever area you’re […]
Change Planning As a Project Decision Tool
Classical project planning goes through initiation, planning, execution and closure cycles. Agile projects follow a similar model, just with faster and more frequent cycles between planning and execution. Typically – Change Management activities occur sometime during execution when the project team realizes that they need to implement their project to others. Most of us have […]
Spicy Octopus Dumplings and Risk Mitigation
In an earlier video – I mentioned that I purchased a bag of spicy octopus dumplings. Let’s say that I want to serve spicy octopus dumplings to my friends – Mary, Dave, June, and Mike. The Spicy Octopus Dumplings are the change. Mary, Dave, June, and Mike are the people in the organization. If we […]
Risk and Choice
(Transcript from Temi – edited for context) One of the ways you can mitigate risk is by the selection of the risk that you take. Some organizations and some people are risk averse and likely for good reason and some have a much higher tolerance for risk. I’m going to use the products from my […]
How to Try New Things
(Transcript from Temi) Hi. I just got back from the Korean grocery store. One of the great things about living in the DC area is that we have a number of fantastic international grocery stores and digging through these things is one of my absolute favorite things to do and one of the things I’d […]
Why You Need to Strengthen Your Foundations
Most of us are familiar with Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. The base is physiological – breathing, food, water, sex, sleep…. The next level is safety and security – of employment, of health, of family… Implicit in this model is that each level BUILDS ON the other, it is not REPLACED BY the other. This “building […]
Meaningful Flow Lab – Status Report August 1, 2018
Cross-posted to Medium. This is a call for feedback and an introduction to where I am headed with this lab. I feel like I’m taking a risk — showing my work in progress. That’s what labs are for, right? In the presentation, I’m covering: My why My desired future The existing tools, thinking, and technologies that […]
