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My
new book,
I'm Sorry I Broke Your Company,
published by Berrett Koehler, will be available in January.
Look for it in Barnes and Noble and other book stores mid-January
or order it from
Amazon now.
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your feedback. Also, if you have an idea for an article
to include, please add that and I will contact you about
contributing your experiences. You can join below.
Steeped in processes, procedures, and methodologies, people often don't see how they can get the same results without all the work. It's like not seeing the forest for the trees.
Large initiatives often go awry due to some common problems that usually have little to do with the content of the issues being addressed.
Innovation, Supply Chain, Process Reengineering, and New Product Development initiatives each have their own particular foibles.
Much of our behavior is not governed by our logical mind. We persist in bad habits and unproductive behaviors despite knowing that they are harmful. It's not our logical mind at the controls; it's our subconscious mind calling the shots. Yet, the majority of our training is directed at our logical mind.
True to my purpose of finding the easy way to change behavior, I use NLP (neurolinguistic programming) techniques to help you reach your goals. I don't use notebooks, logs, or require much in the way of self-discipline
Although we worry about the big issues, like meeting a project deadline or getting a software upgrade right, more often it's the little things that wear us down, like being overloaded with email, endless meetings that serve no purpose, conference calls that never reach a conclusion,.....
If
you have some ideas for articles, please drop me a note
or leave a comment.
If you have an article you'd like to contribute or link
to, I will be happy to publish your link and ensure
that you get attributed.
The
Business Realist is a collection of articles on common mistakes
made during change initiatives with suggestions for easier ways
of achieving the same results. Getting real is about thinking
things through before blindly following a methodology or
embarking on the "initiative of the month." The purpose of this
site is to help create a saner work environment for all.
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