What would
Barbie do?

“Hey, I’ve got a great idea:
how about including a land acknowledgement at our next corporate offsite?”

– Mel

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Emotional
rescue

Emotional control is an important skill for those leading change, especially when addressing resistance. For example, anger-fueled responses often weaken our position and harm relationships. Dr. Andrew Huberman’s reply
to a critic of his podcast demonstrates how equal parts facts and composure can support your position and neutralize dissent.

– Phil

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Zoom back
to the Office

It is more than a little ironic that Zoom, an organization that helped to revolutionize remote working, is ordering their staff back to the office at least 2 days per week. It looks like the hybrid workplace is now all the rage, even for many tech companies that once promised fully remote working forever.

–Tim

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Doable
but not
easy

Have you wondered why they don’t convert more empty office buildings into apartments? Me too. It turns out that the change process is challenging.

Jenny Baker and Leah Mo, two professors at Iowa State University, provide a breakdown of the conversion process and why it isn’t easy. They also mention that Boston’s Planning and Development Agency, like most progressive organizations, is up for the challenge.

– Phil

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Micro
transformations

With so many organizations struggling through multi-year digital transformations, it’s no surprise that some focus on micro transformations or launching minimum viable products (MVPs). It certainly could lead to more quick wins, less business disruption and less overall program risk.

– Tim

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Hacks signal the
existing way of
doing things is dumb

People go where they want to go. In general, we spend way more time erecting barriers and leaning into enforcing them than understanding what people really need or want in the first place, and offering that instead.

– Mel

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