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Month October 2023

Moves, Practice, Preparation & Management, Tools

Cooda, Wooda, Shooda.

Col. John Boyd (ret USAF) developed a recursive decision/action method that can be used for change leadership and management

Years ago, I found and applied the OODA loop method to the small teams I oversaw. Each team leader was trained to apply the discipline to his/her respective teams’ pursuit of its goals. It was exceptionally successful. Those team leads…...

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Timothy Grayson
October 31, 2023

Communications, Overcoming Resistance, Practice, Theory

Myth is not fact. It’s better.

Myths are NOT facts nor should they be. The value they serve is not necessarily tied to facts.

Some recent change management threads that challenged and ridiculed the “70% of projects fail” myth got me to thinking. Not about the veracity of the statistic. For that look here. Rather, it got me to thinking about myth itself. The…...

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Timothy Grayson
October 24, 2023

Communications, Moves, Overcoming Resistance, Plays, Practice

PASSION: The Fourth P of Overcoming Resistance to Change

Passion is the 4th P in overcoming resistance to change.

A while back I wrote about and named the 3-Ps of Overcoming Resistance to Change here. I stand by them as they are proven essential ingredients to dealing with resistance to change. I would, however, add a fourth quality that…...

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Timothy Grayson
October 17, 2023

Communications, Overcoming Resistance, Practice, Theory

Change Success Rate a Myth? This matters?

Even if the 70% of projects fail statistic is wrong and a "myth," so what? As a myth, it has fundamental value.

The assertion that “70% of change projects fail” is a statistic repeated so frequently in the domain of organizational change and change management that its origin and specifics have become muddled in the discourse of organizational change. If taken literally,…...

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Timothy Grayson
October 10, 2023

Moves, Practice

“Do The Work” Part 1: Do The Work!

Do the work is often dismissive and derisive. But it is good advice for the change leader and manager.

Of late, the phrase “do the work” has become extremely popular, particularly though not exclusively in the context of social justice, personal growth, and self-improvement. If it didn’t start out that way, it certainly now is a three-word non sequitur…...

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Timothy Grayson
October 3, 2023

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