#97 – DEALING WITH CHANGE – CORNELL COLBERT

AAA COLBERTChange is inevitable. This is a statement that is understandable even if it is distasteful. Change can be stressful, exhilarating, or even liberating. It all depends on how it is approached and managed. Change disrupts the status quo, the patterns and rituals of life to which we become rooted. This is why in the midst of change one gets a feeling of being a ship without its rudder. Change, thankfully, can be managed. Here are a few tips on how to manage change so that it becomes an opportunity rather than a disadvantage. Continue reading

#93 – THE ANTICIPATORY ORGANIZATION – DANIEL BURRUS

BurrusDan_040A few weeks ago, a Fortune 50 CEO shared with me that “The pace of change is now faster than our organization’s ability to respond to it.” I hear this observation quite often as I travel around the world working with executives from some of the largest companies on the planet. And you might find it interesting to know that many of them are technology-focused companies that create, manufacture, market, and sell various types of hardware, software, or both. Continue reading

#78 – PUBLIC APATHY IN THE PATH OF PREPAREDNESS – GEARY SIKICH

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I was supposed to be in Boston presenting at “The Disaster Conferences” on 28 January 2015. Well, the weather just put us out to 19 March 2015 for the now, rescheduled Boston conference. I guess that they are still feeling the effects of this week’s blizzard, now named “Juno”; that left Boston with over 24 inches of snow. Continue reading