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Leda förändring , skriven av John P. Kotter summerades av Kontentan redan i december 1997. I kursen jag går nu i Change management är Kotter´s 8-stegs modell fortfarande mycket aktuell. Själva modellen kan du läsa om på flera olika ställen på nätet, t ex på kotterinternational , Mindtools , ccfbest ... I boken Leda förändring beskriver Kotter Framtidens organisation : "Förändring tycks på goda grunder bli framtidens melodi. Därför kommer det presenterade åttapunktsprogrammet att tillämpas i ökande omfattning, inte bara när man förändrar existerande organisationer utan också när man bygger upp nya. Hittills har man haft anledning att tillämpa det bara vid sporadiskt förekommande förändringar. Efter sekelskiftet behöver man sannolikt hålla det kontinuerligt gående". "Framtidens affärsvärld kräver allt fler visionära ledare...Befogenhetsspridning i en föränderlig värld fungerar bäst i organisationer där högsta ledningen ägnar sig åt ledarskap och fördelar de admini

Finns det några likheter mellan att vara en bra ledare och att vara en bra förälder? Många hävdar det. Jag är en av dem som tror att det stämmer. Jag menar då inte att begreppet ledare med nödvändighet har någonting att göra med att vara chef, utan snarare att du agerar som en ledare utifrån den roll du har på jobbet. Jag hade ju förmånen att gå en veckas utbildning i förra veckan på tema "förändringsledning" ( Organisational change management ). Där refererades till några teorier från en av grundarna av den humanistiska psykologin, Carl Rogers (se bild från Wikipedia ). Han har beskrivit tre nödvändiga faktorer för att du som ledare/förälder ska bidra till optimal utveckling för dina medarbetare/barn. De tre faktorerna är (jag skriver dem på engelska direkt citerat från boken "Making sense av Change management" av Cameron&Green ): Genuineness and congruence : to be aware of your own feelings, to be real, to be autentic Unconditional positive regard : a genuine

This Robin Sharma - he is one amazingly productive guy. See his latest marketing video here, talking about his concept " The 48 hour transformation ".  It´s about " 4 big secrets of the top 5% achievers ". See the energizing video according to my link above or just be exformed by my summary; 1) Cut your excuses in half + double the action you take You can make excuses or you  can change the world, but YOU CAN´T DO BOTH If you look for your excuses, YOU`LL FIND THEM Your excuses are nothing more than the lies your FEARS HAVE SOLD YOU CUT YOUR EXCUSES IN HALF DOUBLE YOUR ACTION Success is much less about IQ and MUCH MORE ABOUT HARD WORK 2) Leave the herd To have the result only 5% get,  have the  guts to do what only  5% are willing to do Most people gossip too much, drink too much, WORRY TOO MUCH AND COMPLAIN TOO MUCH Genius is an act that  threatens people All geniuses were first laughed at

Jim Kwik är en amerikansk entreprenör som blivit duktig på "speed-reading" och "memory improvement". Han fick en hjärnskada redan vid fem års ålder, som gjorde att han fick kämpa hårt under sin skolgång. Han blev känd som " the boy with the broken brain ". På senare år har han lyckats väl med att paketera sina tjänster kring "Super Brain", t ex via Kwik Learning och Mindvalley . Från Kwik´s video nedan kan du lära dig mer om "10 keys to having an ageless mind": no.1 Brain Diet the most important foods for your brain: avokado, blåbär, broccoli, ägg, kokosolja, olivolja, grön sallad, vild lax no.2 Killing Ants skip your automatic negative thoughts no.3 Exercise including MOVEMENT ökar mängden BDNF som stimulerar nya kontaktvägar i hjärnan no.4 Brain Nutrients eat brain vitamins , like DHA/Omega-3 no.5 Positive Peer Group are you inspired, encouraged, challenged, energized by... umgås med person

Ännu ett spännande TED talk - The 100% rule . Mannen på scenen heter Benjamin Hardy och är en spännande ung organisationspsykolog och entreprenör. Denna föreläsning handlar om att du behöver göra ett commitment till 100% och ändra din identitet för att säkert lyckas med en större förändring som du vill göra. Typ, om du vill springa ett maraton så måste du först se dig själv som en maratonlöpare och verkligen bestämma dig för att du ska springa ett maraton t ex genom att anmäla dig till New York maraton och betala flygresan dit - annars kommer det bli väldigt svårt att göra det som krävs för att klara av att springa ett maraton. En summering av "föreläsningen": Changing your behaviour has to be first a shift of identity Almost all successful entrepreneurs have had "a point of no return experience", e.g. making a financial investment in your end goal, like buying a full shipment of shoes or buying an expensive suit that is much smaller than your size rig

Via HBR on Twitter I had the opportunity to read an article called: "Primal leadership - The Hidden Driver of Great Performance " , written by Daniel Goleman , Richard Boyatzis and Annie McKee. Below quotations are directly taken from the HBR article , and here you have a PDF-version of the article from ChangeForChildren : We’ve known for years that emotional intelligence improves results—often by an order of magnitude. Now, new research shows that a leader’s mood plays a key role in that dynamic—a discovery that should redefine what leaders do first and best. If a leader’s mood and accompanying behaviors are indeed such potent drivers of business success, then a leader’s premier task—we would even say his primal task—is emotional leadership. A leader needs to make sure that not only is he regularly in an optimistic, authentic, high-energy mood, but also that, through his chosen actions, his followers feel and act that way, too. Managing for financial results, then,

As part of a mentoring program in Tieto, we got the opportunity to choose a leadership book as inspiration. Myself and my mentee chose " Whatever you think - Think the opposite " by Paul Arden . The cover page explains the focus of the book: This book explains the benefits of making bad decisions It shows how risk is your security in life And why unreason is better than reason It´s about having the confidence to roll the dice I love the book. It is exformative , condensed, sharp, raw, honest, bold... Full of inspiration and passion. Well, some sample quotes from the book : There is no right point of view There is a conventional or popular point of view. There is a personal point of view. There is a large point of view which the majority share. There is a small point of view which just a few share. But there is no right point of view. You are always right. You are always wrong. It just depends from which pole you are looked at. Advances in any field are b

I attended an Ovum Master Class event yesterday in " Cloud computing - the benefits and challenges of computing on the cloud". My short summary of this event is: SOA, server virtualisation , focus on business benefits, dynamic, data confidentiality , restraining force is organisational culture , SLA´s, cloud - evolution & revolution , hybrid public clouds, still immature, IaaS, private clouds : portal to self-service order & configuration, success = right recipe of private/public/hybrid/legacy , focus on business value and governance - extension to SOA governance , security, cloud is 90% management , how to secure semantic operability , commodity , creative destruction, governance is the brains of the cloud, ISO27001 / NIST 2011, cloud is about people management , MS Azure, Amazon , Salesforce .com, Google apps, Hype, Saas /PaaS, VMware, Accenture/Cap Gemini, transformational offerings, pricing mgmt, usage metering, cloud broker, Rackspace, interoperability / po

Via min favoritförfattare Dan Pink ´s nyhetsbrev kom jag över en spännande lista - "25 Principles of Adult Behavior" nedtecknad av nyligen bortgångne John Perry Barlow . Jag har valt ut de för mig elva vackraste principerna ( se hela listan här ): Be patient . No matter what. Never assume the motives of others are, to them, less noble than yours are to you. Don’t trouble yourself with matters you truly cannot change. Laugh at yourself frequently. Never forget that, no matter how certain , you might be wrong . Learn the needs of those around you and respect them. Avoid the pursuit of happiness. Seek to define your mission and pursue that . Understand humility. Forgive. Live memorably . Love yourself. John finns också på Youtube via TED - "The right to know":

Via eminenta  RSA kan man hitta den animerade föreläsningen av Roman Krznaric som heter "The power of outrospection". Den handlar om vikten av att fokusera på empati genom att våga ta klivet ur sig själv och leva sig in i andras världsbild. Några highlights : 2000-talet bör fokusera på "outrospection" genom  " the ultimate art form - Empathy " Empati gör att du blir en mer kreativ tänkare, förbättrar dina relationer  och knyter kontakter som gör livet värt att leva. Affective Empathy - a shared emotional response Cognitive Empathy - perspective taking, stepping into somebody else´s world Highly empathic people tend to be very sensitive listeners -  they make themselves vulnerable It won´t stop until we talk - "the parents circle" [Palestine - Israel] We share the same pain "Hello peace" History - the rise and fall of Empathy Moments of mass empathic flowering and empathic collapse Abol

I would like to share my exformative summary of "the public victory" from the book " The seven habits of highly effective people - powerful lessons in personal change" by Stephen R. Covey . To see my exformative summary of the private victory, click here . The public victory is all about interdependance ... THINK WIN/WIN Stephen Covey defines six paradigms of human interaction: Win/Win, Win/Lose, Lose/Win, Lose/Lose, Win, Win/Win or No Deal. The Win/Win paradigm is a frame of mind and heart, meaning that agreements or solutions should be mutually beneficial, mutually satisfying. Win/Win is a belief in the Third alternative . It´s not your way or my way; it´s a bettter way, a higher way . The principle of Win/Win embraces five interdependant dimensions of life. It begins with character and moves toward relationships, out of which flow agreements. It is nurtured in an environment where structure and systems are based on Win/Win. And it involves process; we

I have earlier written two summary blog posts about "The seven habits of highly effective people" written by Stephen R. Covey . The first was about the private victory and the second about the public victory . Now it is time to summarize habit 7; Sharpen the saw - principles of balanced self-renewal ". Habit 7 is about preserving and enhancing the greatest asset you have - you. It´s renewing the four dimensions of your nature - physical, spiritual, mental, and social/emotional, by exercising regularly and consistently in wise and balanced ways. The physical dimension involves caring effectively for our physical body - eating the right kinds of foods, getting sufficient rest and relaxation, and exercising on a regular basis. A good exercise program is one that you can do in your own home and that will build your body in three areas: endurance (the ability of your heart to pump blood through your body - exercised through e.g rapid walking, running, biking, swimmin

Yesterday I met a collegue that attended a 4-day Tony Robbins inspiration halleluja meeting in Italy. She told me a story about how to chose your own attitude - from a "Oh, fuck" attitude, to a "Fuck you" attitude. She also told me that one really amazing inspirational story that she heard, was Tony Robbins telling "the Rocky story" - a story of motivation and commitment . I had to find it, and of course it was on YouTube (unfortunately not able to embed) but here is the link ! Having listening to this, I also saw that actually Sylvester Stallone is telling this story himself. Quite good also. See the first episode here: Then, I also heard that the next Anthony Robbins halleluja meeting in Europe, " Unleash the power within ",  is in London this May. Maybe time for some personal change... look into the "marketing video" below for a teaser: By the way, I am thinking of attending. Any month now, I will decide ... I must refle

En av de mest betydelsefulla ledarskapsböckerna någonsin tycker många med mig är boken ”Seven habits of highly effective people” (De sju goda vanorna) skriven av Stephen R. Covey . Den är så fylld av matnyttiga tips så att det närapå blir ”överfullt”. Jag har läst och bloggat många gånger om denna bok. Det som på senare tid blivit allt mer uppenbart för mig är att denna bok till stor del handlar om emotionell intelligens (EQ), även om den aldrig marknadsförts på det sättet. Troligen beroende på att den skrevs innan Daniel Goleman gjorde begreppet EQ hett… En sammanfattning av seven habits låter sig inte enkelt göras. Och den gör sig bäst på engelska. På något sätt känns det mer exakt & äkta så. Well, den exformativa engelska summeringen av ”De sju goda vanorna”: ”Between stimulis and response, man has the freedom to choose” BE PROACTIVE Self-awareness     response-ability      Circle of Influence a mental creation (the blueprint)