Sunday, August 24, 2008
Educating creativity
Creativity is a fundamental and natural capacity of human beings. We all are creative, although some manifest it more. Why? Have you ever experienced to be fluent in anything like when you are in a meeting and just dominate on the subject and everybody listens and gets amazed by what you say? That is when you become fluent on the subject and know that you are good at something. That fluent behaviour is creativity in action, not just imagination. (more ...)
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Lewin’s Change Management Model
Understanding the Three Stages of Change
Change is a common thread that runs through all businesses regardless of size, industry and age.
Our world is changing fast and, as such, organizations must change quickly too. Organizations that handle change well thrive, whilst those that do not may struggle to survive.The concept of “change management” is a familiar one in most businesses today. But, how businesses manage change (and how successful they are at it) varies enormously depending on the nature of the business, the change and the people involved. And a key part of this depends on how far people within it understand the change process.
One of the cornerstone models for understanding organizational change was developed by Kurt Lewin back in the 1950s, and still holds true today. His model is known as Unfreeze – Change – Refreeze, refers to the three-stage process of change he describes. Lewin, a physicist as well as social scientist, explained organizational change using the analogy of changing the shape of a block of ice
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Change is a common thread that runs through all businesses regardless of size, industry and age.
Our world is changing fast and, as such, organizations must change quickly too. Organizations that handle change well thrive, whilst those that do not may struggle to survive.The concept of “change management” is a familiar one in most businesses today. But, how businesses manage change (and how successful they are at it) varies enormously depending on the nature of the business, the change and the people involved. And a key part of this depends on how far people within it understand the change process.
One of the cornerstone models for understanding organizational change was developed by Kurt Lewin back in the 1950s, and still holds true today. His model is known as Unfreeze – Change – Refreeze, refers to the three-stage process of change he describes. Lewin, a physicist as well as social scientist, explained organizational change using the analogy of changing the shape of a block of ice
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Saturday, July 19, 2008
Power Your Mind To Master Creative Visualization
Creative visualization is the technique of using your imagination to create pictures of yourself achieving a desired goal or outcome and focusing on that image until you achieve your objective.
Thought is a power and has its effect on the material world. Thoughts, if powerful enough, travel from one mind to another. If we keep thinking the same thought, people in our environment perceive it and act on it, furthering, usually in an unconscious manner, the materialization of our desires.
Use your natural creative imagination in a more and more conscious way, as a technique to create what you truly want.
Use the power of your imagination to create what you want in your life.
Let go of your limitations - Act Now!
Thought is a power and has its effect on the material world. Thoughts, if powerful enough, travel from one mind to another. If we keep thinking the same thought, people in our environment perceive it and act on it, furthering, usually in an unconscious manner, the materialization of our desires.
Use your natural creative imagination in a more and more conscious way, as a technique to create what you truly want.
Use the power of your imagination to create what you want in your life.
Let go of your limitations - Act Now!
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Change Management
Peter de Jagar was interviewed on the subject of change management. Change management is his forte and his involvement in the Y2K project is indication enough of his enthusiasm for the subject. You can listen to the interview here.
Peter's blog is the SisyphusChronicles
Peter's blog is the SisyphusChronicles
Thursday, June 26, 2008
The Dummies Guide to Change, Diffusion and the Tipping Point
Understanding how to initiate change is becoming a central issue for our time. Fortunately nature has given us a model that has a much better chance of working than all the change book's ideas so far.
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Wednesday, June 18, 2008
3 step formula for creative success
This is an excellent video for anyone wanting to create anything be it a life, a business, or a creative project.
Saturday, June 7, 2008
Adapting to Change
A few disparate ideas and experiences funneling into this post…
Recently I heard Robert Garmston speak about the need to adapt in times of significant change. He wasn’t speaking specifically of schools but about any organization, and he made an interesting distinction between technical change (which is what most schools have been undertaking) and real, adaptive change. Adaptive change, he said means:
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Recently I heard Robert Garmston speak about the need to adapt in times of significant change. He wasn’t speaking specifically of schools but about any organization, and he made an interesting distinction between technical change (which is what most schools have been undertaking) and real, adaptive change. Adaptive change, he said means:
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