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Social Movements
Business discovers the ‘social movement’ language. I hope we don’t corporatize it.
A social movement is not a bunch of people, even hundreds, or thousands, moving socially. A social movement needs a […]
Leadership in organizations is about mobilizing people. The leader is a ‘Social Arsonist’
“A good organizer is a social arsonist who goes around setting people on fire.”—Fred Ross Fred Ross (1910-1992) American community […]
Compatible dreams + the non-negotiable = the journey (AKA the company)
In a massive street demonstration for Anti Something Big, you have the Anti Something Big activists, the Anti Everything, the […]
A Cheat Sheet to create a social movement (Tip = to shape organizational culture, since both are the same)
Mobilizing people. This is another of the Holy Grails (how many have I said we have?) in management. Whether you […]
3 Inconvenient truths about leadership and change
(1) If the top leadership of the company doesn’t exhibit the values/behaviours that you want to instill in the culture, […]
No milk, no honey, enjoy the journey
Moses’ leadership was bad. He promised his people a land of milk and honey. Instead, they got a terrible hike […]
‘A man can put up with almost any how if he has a why’
That was Nietzsche on change management! It goes to the core of the issue of how we all try to […]
Faster horses
Henry Ford said, “If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.” ‘Faster horses strategies’ […]
The missing word in the famous Margaret Mead quote
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that […]
Slow Change, Fast change. Mobilizing people: the alternative view
Whether in society or inside the organization, we have plenty of ‘theories of change’ surprisingly unchallenged. Can we please look […]
A behavioural epidemic can’t be fought from within. It needs a behavioural counter-epidemic to take over
I have explored this theme before in my Daily Thoughts, but I feel compelled to go back! Behavioural issues, whether […]
12 simple rules of social change, organizational (culture) or societal (2 of 2)
Continuing my revised 12 laws of social change at a scale. Very simple laws apply to any large scale change […]
12 simple rules of social change, organizational (culture) or societal (1/2)
My revised 12 rules of social change at a scale. These very simple laws apply to any large scale change […]
‘Nothing new under the sun’ ? Take off your sun glasses and stop the Valium
Often you see people in organizations disillusioned with changes, considering themselves survivors of the yet another reorg, getting on with […]
If leadership in organizations followed some ‘activism rules’; not standard management logic. Here is one rule.
One of the key rules of activism (social, political, cause) is not to spend more than the minimum necessary time […]
‘But, how many people need to change for a culture to change?’
The ‘critical mass’ concept, as the number of people required to move forward, to change collective behaviours, to see a […]
Clues to mobilize people inside the corporate tent, come from outside that tent.
People reading these Daily Thoughts may be used to common themes, indeed. After all, I am not writing about nuclear […]
The Irish Health Service silent culture revolution is driven by ‘if-not-us-who?’ employees
Two years ago, starting in the Midwest of Ireland, a bottom up social movement, ‘Values in Action’, started to shape […]
The ‘Smoking Kills’ equivalent in Corporate Communications
‘Smoking kills’, or ‘Don’t Drink and Drive’ or ‘Get the Flu Vaccine’ are wonderful attempts to warn your fellow citizens […]
Weekly Recap: Social Movements (part 3 of 3)
Welcome to the last in our summer recap series. We hope you have enjoyed re-reading some of our favourite posts […]
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