Organizations are often complex, daunting and confusing. Nevertheless, there are tried and true techniques to solve problems and achieve high performance. But where do you begin? Well, consultants recognize the …
Category: Change
Change Humor
Efficiency Experts was the title initially given to change agents who increased industrial throughput. In The Lucy Show of the same title, the star, Lucy Carmichael, successfully begins her work …
Appreciative Inquiry
In the spirit of creating new positive beginnings, Appreciative Inquiry comes to mind. This is a change method and much more. It is a philosophy, practice, and formal change method. The method …
Social Intelligence of Dolphins
Learning from those who have greater intelligence is wisdom. Dolphins have greater intelligence than we humans because their brains are larger. A chief function of their brain is to relate …
The Art Form of Change
Productive change is a both scientific and an art form. Scientifically-gifted change agents best-practices include these skills: distinguish organizational roles, reflect upon change models, implement change processes, and measure outcomes from …
Adaptive Change
“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to change.” Charles Darwin When we are …
Common Sense About Change
The “change business” has become a bit confused. Misconceptions must be dismissed in order to illuminate the practical application of change. Here I present fallacies alongside some home-grown common-sense. First, test your level of …
The Nature of Change
Change, in the perspective of Grounded Change, begins with one step, the seed of a dream. Change is a practice, an ongoing, never-ending journey. Rather than creating “a change,” it’s a …
Grounded
Change is a constant. Groundedness is a sensibility, perspective, and experience. There are different ways to ground change. To reach goals Grounded Change implements tried and true, researched methods. Grounded …
My Change
It’s always amused me how the possessive pronoun “my” is used in reference to the service providers in our lives. For instance, “my tailor, my house cleaner, my sales assistant, my …