Saving Lives through Drone Deliveries
When medical supplies have to be delivered urgently and the roads are washed out, look to the sky. Thanks to Zipline and its work in Rwanda and Ghana.
Rethinking “Familiarity Breeds Contempt”
What if the phrase isn’t a snippet of advice about people but actually a secret recipe for getting better?
Package Delivery
What happens when you mix an unexpected package delivery with a video doorbell and a Tesla in the car port?
Improving Personal Capability to Embrace New Ideas
We held a push-up competition several years ago at my house. Some of my sons could easily do 20 push-ups, but one in particular couldn’t do any (he was … 7?). “Dad, I can’t even do one” he said to me. “That’s because you’ve never tried,” I replied. […]
Marijn Somers on Change (and Progress) with Office 365
Earlier in the week I suggested we should use a different word instead of change. Marijn commented about his slide deck above, presented at SharePoint Saturday in Cambridge in September 2017. Read the whole deck, but I’m making an especial call out re Marijn’s argument around “progress” instead […]
Test the Idea at (Small) Scale
You have surveyed the current reality, and looked at what else is possible. You – in conjunction with others – have envisioned a new approach to work. Now is the time to run an initial experiment or test – to start and make the change in order to […]
Who Switched the Drawers?
I have 21 drawers by my office desk. These hold stationery, paper, books to read, pens and pencils, pocket knifes, old thumbdrives, book manuscripts, keys, cables, in-progress projects, client-specific items, old journals I haven’t scanned yet, charging adapters, and much more. Each drawer has a particular focus, and […]
A Better Word Than Change?
Change. Doing something different. Learning. Mastering a new area. Building new knowledge and skills. Progress. Moving forward. Usually has the sense of an envisioned destination towards which the movement is being made. Improve. Become better. Better. More desirable, satisfactory, or effective. What’s that old saying about “the only […]
Maintain and Step Up
The Stages of Change model I reference in User Adoption Strategies has a final stage called “maintenance.” The intent of this fifth stage in the model is that the change introduced is done repeatedly, not just once. That the change in behaviour becomes the new way of living […]
Helping Others to “See Differently”
We hosted a party last night, for our second son who turned 21. It’s was a great celebration of life and living, and we enjoyed seeing family and friends share the dancing, food, fun and speeches of the night. We hired a local hall we’ve never hired before. […]
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