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Albert Camus believed our existence was absurd. He compared the human condition to Sisyphus, the mythical Greek king condemned to roll a boulder uphill, only to watch it roll back down again, for eternity. Incredibly, Camus imagines Sisyphus, returning to his labors at the foot of the mountain, as happy, having found meaning in his task.
That’s what he meant by the ter...
In 2008, when the global financial crisis hit, the world was a relatively stable place. While the US was still engaged in Iraq and Afghanistan, those were fairly low-level conflicts at that point. The US federal deficit was $450 billion and the US national debt was $10 trillion, both less than a third of what they are now.
Today, the world is a very different place. Be...
All too often we think about change in terms of persuasion. We think if we can just come up with the right message, broadcast it widely and get it to the right people, that change will happen. But decades of evidence shows that’s not true. Even if we are able to inform people and change their attitudes, they are unlikely to change their behavior.
What Gene Sharp showed...
Transformation efforts often center on communication, aiming to build awareness, desire, and knowledge about change, while building a sense of urgency and excitement. So leaders craft persuasive messages and broadcast them widely. Yet, after months of happy talk, they often find their efforts not only fell on deaf ears, but also provoked deep, intense resistance.
The t...
Change is often presented as an enigma. Unlike a traditional management task, you can’t just devise a plan and execute it. To be an effective change leader, you need to embrace a certain amount of uncertainty because change, by definition, involves doing new things and that always involves some measure of unpredictability.
Still, that doesn’t mean change is mysterious....