My money is on the virus… We have known about Covid-19 in the United States since January of this year. At the day of this writing, over 150,000 Americans have died from the virus. There are multiple hot-spots across the country. Hospital systems in multiple counties are overrun and out…

To save its soul… On Sunday April 5, 2020 NBC News reported the following: “On Sunday, Surgeon General Jerome Adams called on U.S. governors who haven’t issued statewide stay-at-home orders to at least “give us a week” of restrictions, as health officials warn of an accelerating rate of coronavirus cases…

I had breakfast this weekend with my friend Ann. The talk turned to work as it often does, and she opened up about the changes happening at her company. She was clearly not happy with what was going on. Ann gave me the history. Our conversation went something like this. …

It is time to make a change. Global meetings where people travel to meet in person: Are expensive Risk customers being pissed off if they knew they were paying for it Are terrible for the Earth Are largely obsolete due to advances in technology Global In-Person face-to-face meetings are expensive…

“Time is on my side, yes it is” (Rolling Stones) Imagine this scenario. You rolled out a big change for your organization. It has been a few months since the project closed, and you are beginning to wonder, “What happened to the Change?” Your team put in months of work…

“Culture is a learned set of assumptions based on a group’s shared history.” Edgar Schein If you stop and think about it, this quote from Edgar Schein has a profound impact on future looking strategies. An organization’s culture is created by internalizing values that brought success in the past. These…

A few weeks ago, I was visiting my mother-in-law near Denver Colorado. She’s getting on in her years and I go visit to keep her company and help out with little things that need to be done. Between her daughters and sons-in-law, we try to keep her busy. One evening…

There are plenty of statistics indicating that a high number of change initiatives fail. Any organization can turn those statistics on their head by doing one thing; USING their measures. Not just creating them; using them. …

This is probably going to sound silly but indulge me for a couple of minutes. Whether you are interested in change adoption at an individual or at an organizational level, awareness is one of the first things, and most important things, you need to nail down. I’m not telling you…