The Compelling Vision Tomorrow Is Waiting For
Oh No! Not the same conversation…again!
Don’t look now, but conversations are becoming increasingly rare.
The fact that there are plenty of attempts at messaging doesn’t mean any real conversations are taking place…
Just because there is measurable attention being paid to a given topic or hundreds of hours of talk devoted to a critical issue is no guarantee of progress.
Need a stark case-in-point?
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Here are three things to say when your goal is to stifle creativity and bring any conversation about change to a screeching halt.
- “That {problem / issue / challenge} will always be present.”
- “You’ll never {gain consensus / get the support necessary} to change that…”
- “It is what it is.”
There are scores of variations on the theme. But the thesis is the same: discussion is pointless — things will never change / improve — the dye is case.
There is no more poignant indicator of an absence of leadership.
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The fact that a lot of people are talking doesn’t mean there are a lot
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This Is What A Priority Looks Like
When things don’t change, there is typically one reason.
Change is simply not a priority
Don’t Look Now, But Things May Be About To Change
Few will argue the inevitability of change. But there is plenty of debate about the
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5 Keys To Productive Conversations
Where change is the objective, there is little value in having the same conversations over
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We Can Do Something That Makes A Difference
I shared a first version of this post in December of 2012 in the wake
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3 Keys to Better Conversations and the Strategic Innovation of Your Business Development Plan
There is a reason so many of the issues we face today are the same
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The Possibilities Of A Better Conversation
Face it. Most of us have hands-on experience with the truism, those who ignore history
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