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Something A Little Different

Today marks End of Financial Year (EOFY) here in Aus. A great time to get some last minute tech purchases in, and then look at the year that’s been on our new techy-goodness. And today I’ve been doing exactly that - so this week it’s going to be a change in format: a non-exhaustive index (of sorts) of The Change Leader Weekly from the last 12 months.

To kick off us off, let’s take a look at your favourites:

Your Top 5 Faves:

The Top 3 Rules For Making Change Happen ??

Here’s something that beats most other reflection exercises you’ll ever do. Make a ‘Top 3 rules for doing x’ list. To get you thinking, here's a few of mine. Read full story

Imaginary Benefits

Want a powerful project portfolio? - Stop pretending that your projects are going to save the entire world. True value is found with focus. Read full story

Hyper-Reality

This week I have a confession to make - I'm a little afraid. Read full story

4 Reasons Simplicity Sucks: An Ode To Simplicity

My obsession with simplicity is almost cult-like. It’s one of the key tenets of both my business and my own life. I firmly believe that too much is hidden in artificial, lazy complexity - making the world a worse place for it. But there's a dark side to it. Read full story

Here's What You're Ignoring

It’s one of those funny things… When we think about change, we so often think about taking on something newer. So this week, here’s a wild idea for you... Read full story

Some posts also created a little bit of stir..

Some Posts That Got Me In Trouble..

Learning From The S#itshow That Is The 'Metaverse'

My number one rule for ensuring your project pays off is to spend more time than you expect on defining your project WHY - and then using that as your guide posts moving forward. It’s one of those things that is theoretically pleasing, but is often ignored when the pressures of reality hit. Read full story

Change Is A Dirty Word - Read full story

The Change Management Fallacy ?? - Read full story

Some posts were centered on better understanding (and strategising for) people.

Notes On Why People Do Things:

• A masterclass in how to get it wrong
• The difference between yes and 'hell no’.
• How to get anything done in slow organisations
• How to predict resistance
• Challenging ‘The Creator’
• The perils of being way too close to the action

Sometimes I just wanted to share Ways To Do Things Better

Doing Things Better:

• Keeping the team engaged
• Navigating workplace narcissism
• Stripping away noise
• How to get people to prioritise YOUR work.
• The right messaging
• Avoiding being wrong
• Doing hard things
• Saying sorry
• When to continue, pause or kill a project
• Monitoring for burnout
• A way to Learn & improve faster
• How To Ensure Your Change Pays Off
• Overcoming blindspots
• How to cut through the crap
• Making people care about what you’re doing
• Harnessing The Most Powerful Tool In Your Arsenal
• Matching effort to power
• Embedding rest periods

And sometimes I just wanted you to sit back and think

Some Things To Ponder:

• What if it all went to $ #it…?
• Do you have internal misalignment?
• Make it worse to make it better
• The results of unintentionality
• Keeping your humanity
• What happens if you don’t close a project?
• What you can learn from toilet paper
• Stop believing things. Prove it.
• Leaving the past behind
• Creating intentional discomfort
• Stop saying ‘we need to educate them on the value’
• Systemising integrated change
• Are you growing?
• Are These Our New Robot Overlords?

Final Thoughts

Just a quick note - you’re awesome, and you’re doing great work.

See you all next week.

BB