Steven M Smith - The Satir Change Model
Five-stage model for organizational change (originally developed for family therapy, but applies to businesses and larger organizations too).
- Late Status Quo
- Resistance
- Chaos
- Integration
- New Status Quo
Don’t Fear the Conversation: Four Reasons People/Companies Reject Social Media and Shouldn’t : UberNoggin
Four common objections to using social media for organizations, with responses.
DiegoLeal.org: Random ideas on random conversations (CCK08-Week 9)
Another set of notes from Nancy White's discussion for CCK08. Where my notes focused heavily on what Nancy and Stephen was saying, Diego did a much better job of capturing and summarizing the chat conversation.
When you think of yourself as a learner, you begin to act as one, and suddenly all the potential of networks and online information begins to make sense
CCK08: List of change tactics from 1st Elluminate session
Screenshot of the brainstorming on how to make change happen with Nancy White leading the CCK08 discussion
A Good Way to Change a Corporate Culture - Peter Bregman - HarvardBusiness.org
A story about changing an organizational culture through stories. The stories we tell show what's important; telling new stories shows new priorities.
Education - Change.org: Pharmer's Market: The Cost of Producing "Successful" Students
A comparison of standardized schooling with industrial agriculture and the effects of the obsession on productivity in both environments
In standardized environments, students with a high tolerance for monotony and the ability to repress their curious gene are deemed the fittest of the bunch.
It seems that despite (or maybe because of) our fetish with productivity, many of humanity's most pressing issues seem to be getting worse. The unnatural selection playing out in schools creates what every educational institution's mission statement pledges against: the creation of uncritical, passive, challenge-averse individuals, unwilling and unable to tackle the challenges of the 21st-century.