Navigating uncertainty & changing change management
Thinking how we do things and where to start
Welcome to the Friday edition of my briefing notes. I’ve been experimenting with weekly editions but am returning to my original rhythm.
As of September, my briefing notes will be published monthly.
This issue has one piece by myself about exploring and the belief “I can do it!”, and a link to a piece from Greg Satell about change management and where it starts.
From my work…“I can get there, I can do it”.
In the distant past, explorers used local landmarks and stars to navigate. This made it difficult to go to unknown places. Today, many organizations are using best practices, benchmarking, and past successes to guide their way. These are local landmarks. Local to the past.
As of the 14th century and the age of exploration, the compass made it possible for explorers to go further, reaching new lands. My thesis is that today, in the 3rd decade of the 21st century, the gig mindset is the organizational equivalent of the compass and will lead those who follow it to places we do not yet know. We will find new ways of working, living and being, and develop a gig mindsetter sense of identity: “I can get there, I can do it”. This is the beginning of my post recently published on the Peter Drucker Forum Blog. You can also read it on LinkedIn where I’d love to know your thoughts in the comments.
Three takeaways:
1 – Focus on behaviors, not end goals – knowing they are embedded in people, thereby lasting longer
2 – Dare to assume the freedom of making decisions – within a minimum framework of guidelines
3 – Carry out civil disobedience – and lead others to do the same
Why change management has to change
by Greg Satell on Medium. Well worth your time to read.
The truth is that today we can’t transform organizations unless we transform the people in them and that’s why change management has got to change. It is no longer enough to simply communicate decisions made at the top. Rather, we need to put people at the center and empower them to succeed.