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Music and Leadership (part 6)
On how Music is a vehicle to travel beyond the things we take for granted about leadership and why it is not a good idea to pour salt in your coffee.
Music and Leadership (part 5)
A conversation on the parallels between music and leadership reveals quite some blind spots. And I’ll let you guess on which of both sides. What worries me most is that these blind spots are too obvious to be true.
When I Say Learning
If we want to get more out of training programs we should redefine them as learning programs. Changing that one word can make the difference between the achievement or the failure of a strategic initiative.
Is the Internet Making us Stupid? (SOS VideoClass N°4)
The internet has dramatically changed the way we interact, discover and learn. Although it is difficult to predict to what extent our society will change because of (or rather: ‘thanks to’) the internet, one thing is clear: we are only at the beginning of it.
Gamers Will Save Our Economy (Part 2)
The greatest challenge for leaders of the next decade is to design games that matter. And the best way for our children to prepare for the future is to spend more time playing bigger and better games.
The Success Healthcheck
Many projects fail. True. As an organizational change practitioner we really ask ourselves ‘Is mine likely to fail? What do I need to focus on for success?’ “What it takes to get from an F to a C is different to what it takes to get to an A.” This is the practical corollary of Einstein’s quote.
Love & Work (Part 7) – Employer Branding
Employer branding is gaining attention as companies are starting to realize that employees are more than just numbers on a payroll. Jan Denys dives deep into the classification of the components of an employer brand. But the real question is: who owns it?
Raising the Bar for Our Profession
For an organizational change practitioner, lacking safety shoes is symptomatic for not being in touch with the reality of things.
Love & Work (Part 6) – Growing Into a Customer
The sensation of becoming excited about details and stuff the customer cares about. Happiness is the nudge that transforms a job into a calling. Whenever I pour my commitments as a consultant into the same bucket of commitments as the customer, there is no stopping me.
Why 70% of Changes Fail
Did you know 70% of all changes attempted in organizations fail? This failure rate has been consistent for decades. How can you avoid being part of this dreadful statistic? This article identifies four major areas you can focus on.
