The thing about rules is they are meant to be boundaries and the minimum. Remembering we can be creative within is critical for change.
Remembering
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From the Blog on Change
Rules Rules Rules
The industrial mindset sets the rules and tells us ‘this is how the world works’. Perhaps we need to be reminded things can work differently.
Terror, Confusion, and Wonder
Imagine for a moment, it’s the summer of 1916-7. Horses are your prized possessions – critical for transport, movement, and work.
Data Inventory – Logic plays a Minor Role
For data inventory, logic plays a minor role in change, stories, emotion, and trust are the leading roles. Too often we focus on the minors.
Football, Penalty Kicks, and Change
I want to get better better at playing football (soccer) is very different than I want to get better at penalty kicks
Language, Etiquette and Culture
Language, Etiquette and Culture are all about rules. Communication is all about learning the rules of the other.
‘You can bring a horse to water…
You can bring a horse to water, but not make him drink. Change not a fast process, but change rarely is. People need to want to.
Disability?
There are many people for whom the current way of doing things doesn’t work – people with disabilities. What if we learn from them about change?
Exploring and Exploiting
Exploring is about discovering and learning new things. Exploiting is about continuing to build on what you know.