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The Hazards of Leading Culture Change

August 17, 2009
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The Hazards of Leading Culture Change

I’m thinking about change and culture and innovation a great deal these days so I’m reading everything I can get my hands on.  I came across this paper, or manifesto – The Hazards of Leading Culture Change. Its concise but packed with good stuff! Some of my favorite points: When you are up to your backside in alligators, it is hard to remember you were there to drain the swamp. …the illusion of advancement is far worse than none at all. Three turtles sat on a log in the edge of the swamp. One decided to jump in. How many are now on the log? Nope, there are still three. Deciding and doing are not the same thing. Leaders sometime achieve their positions through competencies in other than superior leadership of people. Without hands-on trial and error and confrontation of outdated behaviors – all done with a helpful but unswerving facilitator – employees will not likely give up obsolete tasks Old ways can die hard – for employees and for customers.  Even if the old way has been a negative to customers, they have learned to deal with it. They also can harbor some of the same cynicism as employees,

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Freedom, Responsibility and Culture

August 6, 2009
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This is a great slideshow from Netflix*  for salaried employees which discusses nine values which should be embraced: Judgement Communication Impact Curiosity Passion Innovation Courage Honesty Selflessness It’s long and parts may be controversia,l but it makes some great points about what it takes to create the culture you want in your organization and it’s worth the time to go through it all. Culture View more presentations from reed2001. seen on The MLxepreince *I haven’t been able to verify that this come from Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Share on FriendFeed Buzz it up Share on netvibes share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Buzz it up Subscribe to the comments on this post Print for later Tell a friend

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Matt Hamilton : Libraries and Innovation

July 10, 2009
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Matt Hamilton : Libraries and Innovation : creating environments for encouraging and supporting creativity and innovation among staff How do we begin the messy job of creating a culture of innovation What will you need? Patience, perseverance, vision and a way to empower staff Patience is hard to come by for innovators, we see something and want it now, and have made the change before others even see it coming Get comfortable with ambiguity incubation Don’t be afraid to use the word – pilot, even if it fails it encourages others to try new things Look before you leap, but don’t be afraid to leap To lead others – we need to create and communicate a compelling vision, build ways to communicate and to listen even if you don’t like what you hear Keep articulating vision until its truly shared, this means address the concerns of people who aren’t on board Look for hidden treasures, mine the skills that already exist, find out what ppl did before they came to your organization, discover passions and hobbies Push power down org chart wherever and whenever possible Empower staff at all levels of organizations Create an environment where people enjoy coming to

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Innovation from best practices to fresh practices – Helene Blowers

October 21, 2008
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Innovation from best practices to fresh practices – helene blowers how do you start making change happen? What is innovation? Not just putting saran wrap around someone else’s idea innovation is – acting on, doing new things innovation is not about best practice, its about fresh practice application audience desired outcomes inspiration and inputs energy & passion how do you change org culture to allow innovation to happen? There is no set process 4 parts creativity – ideas strategy implementation profitability creativity: idea business focus on quantity not quality collect ideas get outside your comfort zone bounce your thoughts around strategy: change agent make it believable – idea generator trying to convince your admin, you need to make it believable mvv = mission, vision, values create alliances – make connections don’t ask for permission ask for support, if your pitching a new idea don’t ask for support for it, as if it’s a good idea but you want someone else to do it, take it and run with it. Instead pitch your idea how you will make it happen, permission vs support sell your vision personally – ppl don’t read 17 pg report, have a visual pitch, sell idea to

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