$150US billion is spent annually on international aid. 25% percent of this goes to capacity development projects—most of which fall well short of their objectives. Yet, nothing is more important to a new, fragile or developing nation than developing the capacity of its government to support national well-being. Every society is complex; every government is [...]
This article was authored by Mick Yates after a workshop as part of CCC1, with input from many participants There is a real difference between Managers and Leaders (Peter Drucker, 1954; John Kotter, 1996). Leaders need to be great Managers, but Managers are not always great Leaders. Managers are essentially a 20th century concept, as [...]
April 5, 2013 at 8am to April 7, 2013 at 1pm Happy New Year Change Leaders and welcome to 2013. We are pleased to provide you with information on our April gathering in Paris. We will again meet at Cité Universitaire and we will balance learning with networking, relationship renewal and some great fun. We will [...]
Infinite Possibilities: In a world of extinction, of black and white, how does the dark side create light and possibility? This session was part of the SPREAD Talks series in Oxford, September 2102.
Time is our most valuable resource and yet we squander it in our efforts to keep up with the many priorities in our busy lives. In the future, we will place a higher premium on our usage of time and to this effect we will make a distinction of different types of time. We will [...]
Because we should’t forget about the community’s history, I asked Martin Thomas, who was part of the Change Leaders founding members, and its first co-chair together with Patricia Cichocki, who did contribute to build our organization. Here is his story: Dear Cecile, More than half the Consulting and Coaching for Change (CCC) cohort 1 members [...]
This article belongs to Cécile Demailly’s blog here; a version in French is available here: Entreprise 2.0 et cerveau, quels parallèles ? . Using metaphors enriches understanding and provides insights that are not only theoretical, but also incredibly practical. Gareth Morgan, in his book “Images of Organization”, mentions the Brain as one of them, among [...]
To follow on from Part 1 1. An accepted need for change There must be a “need” creation process – the Leader usually understands the reason and the need for the change first, but not always. Sometimes the need is there, well identified, yet no one knows how to deal with it. It is [...]
What does the future want? The people have descended to “occupy Wall Street”. Anger is being directed towards the financial system in general and bankers in particular. What has gone wrong? This talk evokes the premises underlying our financial system.
Leaders are inundated with requests for their time from people within and outside their organisation, immersed in countless debilitating problems and issues and swamped with information. We expect of them, and indeed they expect of themselves, to be the most knowledgeable and expert person in their organisation because this is why they have been promoted, [...]
The world is becoming small and people groups that could once comfortably ignore each other are now face-to-face. We can choose to comment on oddities and sneer at differences, or we can choose to embrace each other as unique individuals and create space for everyone to breathe. How shall we proceed? While understanding spoken languages [...]
Jane Lewis’ Pecha Kucha on Positive Deviance. Jane is a long time tCL member and can be reached at www.woodward-lewis.co.uk
“Every society clings to a myth by which it lives. Ours is the myth of economic growth. For the last five decades the pursuit of growth has been the single most important policy goal across the world. The global economy is almost five times the size it was half a century ago. If it continues [...]
Judith works with international public and non-profit organizations engaged in development and humanitarian activities in countries where people are challenged by poverty, conflict and severe human rights deprivations. Her work has involved facilitating high stakes multi-stakeholder meetings in developing country contexts where decisions are made on national development priorities and processes of engagement for the [...]
They contributed to build the Change Leaders
Because we should’t forget about the community’s history, I asked Martin Thomas, who was part of the Change Leaders founding members, and its first co-chair together with Patricia Cichocki, who did contribute to build our organization. Here is his story: Dear Cecile, More than half the Consulting and Coaching for Change (CCC) cohort 1 members [...]
Is Enterprise 2.0 the neuro-organization?
This article belongs to Cécile Demailly’s blog here; a version in French is available here: Entreprise 2.0 et cerveau, quels parallèles ? . Using metaphors enriches understanding and provides insights that are not only theoretical, but also incredibly practical. Gareth Morgan, in his book “Images of Organization”, mentions the Brain as one of them, among [...]
To follow on from Part 1 1. An accepted need for change There must be a “need” creation process – the Leader usually understands the reason and the need for the change first, but not always. Sometimes the need is there, well identified, yet no one knows how to deal with it. It is [...]
This article was authored by Mick Yates after a workshop as part of CCC1, with input from many participants There is a real difference between Managers and Leaders (Peter Drucker, 1954; John Kotter, 1996). Leaders need to be great Managers, but Managers are not always great Leaders. Managers are essentially a 20th century concept, as [...]
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