Tim, Phil and Mel

How do you influence people to change? There are many ways, including these examples of emotional connection, credible perspectives, support programs, relevant comparisons, and familiarity. We suggest your probability of success increases the more you employ.

– Phil, Mel and Tim

Are you
worth your
salt?

Sustainable change requires altering how people think or behave, and typically both.

Here is a good example of appealing to people’s hearts and minds to change what they do. I like how the writer validates current thinking and behaviour before influencing them to change. Also, this article suggests that learning is often in unexpected places.

– Phil

Read Article>>

AI the focus
at DAVOS
2024

Coming out of DAVOS 2024 was a grim warning from the IMF that AI is projected to impact nearly 40% of global employment and potentially exacerbate inequality. This highlights the need for proactive measures to address the potential socioeconomic consequences of widespread AI adoption and urges policymakers to focus on mitigating these risks now. Maybe it’s time to rethink our global ways of working.

– Tim

Read Article>>

The poke poke poke of uncomfortable change

If I buy bananas every week, I notice when the cost increases. If it happens enough, it becomes a source of discomfort that, if unchecked, can make me think everything sucks, even if it’s just the bananas. The same is true in change. The saliency of the change – that is, how important it is to me – is amplified the more often I experience it, especially if it’s uncomfortable.

– Mel

Read Article>>

Finding more wellness in 2024

Following the COVID years, which brought new ways of working and much more isolation, it’s important to get back out there and renew and enhance personal and business relationships for improved health and wellness in 2024. This article lists five key actions, and for me, the most important is expressing gratitude.

– Tim

Read Article>>

Everything new
is old again

We’ve all seen the “from-to” slide in change presentations, the one that vilifies the broken version and trumpets the nirvanic future. Then there’s Apple’s approach, getting people to embrace the future by linking it to the past, the place they remember so fondly and grew to love, even though it was once a change too. See, it’s not so bad…

– Mel

Read Article>>

Rebuild
the world

One of Lego’s values is to “Inspire and Develop the Builders of Tomorrow.” Coastal Construction demonstrates the power of this aspiration by building their first apartment building using large Lego-styled blocks. What might seem farfetched is a potential solution to current affordable housing challenges. Here are the benefits they discovered through “build, play and learn.”

– Phil

Read Article>>