CHANGE TALK

We are happy to announce that our CEO Erika Jacobi was invited to present her research on collective narratives and their role in change and conflict resolution,

Self-awareness is a cornerstone of leadership success. No leader is equally strong in all areas, and characteristics that were strengths yesterday may actually impede progress tomorrow.

Companies shape our world much more than we are aware of. Here are some news from the industry that feature moves some big and not so big players have made in April across industries to make a difference! The really good news is: Change happens!

Robert Galvin, former CEO of Motorola, once said he used to listen into daily life and conversations at Motorola as if they were a symphony. Entering the building, he would aim to understand how the musical masterpiece unfolded around him, noting the dissonances and the harmonies.

At time when change is frequently considered the norm, the majority of literature and blogs seem to focus on how to facilitate organizational or personal change. The sheer number of such contributions seems to infer that change is easy — as if there was a method or a mindset that would fully guarantee success regardless of the circumstances.

Every day we read articles that claim that a company's culture can be systematically and predictably changed. Along the same lines, companies voice

 Many well-intentioned executives fail to appreciate the “downstream” impacts of their strategic initiatives. The employee experience is often very different from what executives envision when they set a strategy in motion.

A recent study discussed on Brand 1 shows that as the processes in most companies become more highly optimized, many organizations begin to more closely resemble bureaucratic administrations than thriving business entities.

We live in times where one technical invention pushes the next one off the market faster than many of us can keep up with. Products come and go but what makes one succeed and the other disappear?

 This week, we had the honor to re-visit Cochise College in Douglas and Sierra Vista, Arizona.