The Millennials Are Coming! The Millennials Are Coming!
Well, technically, they are already here. According to the Pew Research Center, more than a third of the workforce is already made up of millennials. And by 2025, Millennials will make up…
The Progress Stopper
There are a million ways to stop change from happening. But one surefire way to do it is to say, “I can’t do it until I have it all figured out.” That…
The Kimberly Effect – Lateral Leadership is Real
My first large-scale change initiative involved moving Charles Schwab’s Creative Services department from a paper-based workflow to a completely online workflow while also integrating multiple Creative groups (added through acquisition) into a…
Beware of Zed – Detractor Extraordinaire
In the book, Play Bigger by Al Ramadan et al., a lot can be learned about the Organizational risks and benefits of creating a new category. A new category is a new…
Will This be on the Test?
When you implement software, you can face any number of “change personas” from the over-zealous go-getter to the Luddite who is still learning e-mail (yet, was somehow hired as the Social Media expert)….
Papering Over the Problem
Paper over Something (verb) to hide an unpleasant situation, especially a problem or disagreement, in order to make people believe it does not exist or is not serious. Whenever I enter an implementation, and I have the time and space, I love to do the “How’s this going…
The Dark Side of Ambition
We all know Corporate Climbers. People that seek promotion at any cost. Ambition is good, but there is such a thing as too much ambition – see this video for more information…
Satisficing – The “Good Enough” Approach
Satisficing – (verb) Pursuing the minimum acceptable results or outcome because that decision is familiar, hassle-free, and requires the least investigation. Herbert Simon first coined the term in 1956. The difference between…