Happy Melly Exploration Day - How to Inspire Change

HOW TO INSPIRE CHANGEIN YOUR ORGANIZATION

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1995

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$250

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Today

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$250

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Today

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What’s the point?

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1995

Howweapproachchange

“best practices”

standards

plans and documents

Today

SocietalEvolution

outdated thinking

cannot keep up with

today’s pace of change

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“All CEOs, including me, are operating in a world where it’s almost impossible to predict things in the short term, and you

need to be prepared to navigate.”

http://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/conversation-with-the-ceo-pierre-nanterme-chairman-and-ceo-accenture/

AccentureCEOPierreNanterme

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DENIAL

FRUSTRATION

DEPRESSION

DECISION

INTEGRATION

EXPERIMENT

SHOCK

S O M E B E L I E V E T H I S I S H O W P E O P L E P R O C E S S C H A N G E …

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… A N D O T H E R S P E O P L E B E L I E V E T H I S I S T H E T R U T H

STATUSQUOFOREIGNELEMENT

TRANSFORMINGIDEA

NEWSTATUSQUO

PRACTICEANDINTEGRATIONCHAOS

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http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/five-fallacies-of-grief/

“ in developmental psychology, the not ion of predictable l i fe stages is toast . Those stage theories ref lected a t ime when most people marched through

l i fe predictably”

C a r o l Ta v r i s A u t h o r o f P s y c h o b a b b l e a n d B i o b u n k

CAN EVERYONE STAND UP PLEASE?

PAIR UP WITH SOMEONE

1

STAND BACK-TO-BACK

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2

CHANGE 3 THINGS ABOUT YOUR APPEARANCE

1

2

3

WHEN YOU’RE DONE, FACE EACH OTHER AND TRY TO GUESS WHAT’S CHANGED

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2

3

4

WHAT WAS YOUR INITIAL REACTION?

OK, TIME FOR ROUND 2!

OMFG NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

COOL! LET’S DO IT!!!

THIS IS DUMB, I DON’T GET IT.

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somet imes change is hard……becauseit’sjusthard

…because,tome,it’sadumbchange

…because…well,Ijustforgotaboutit

sohowcanwemakeiteasier?

sohowcansparkmotivation?

sohowcanwenudgepeople?

WORKSHOP TIME!

1)Formagroupof4-5people.

2)Take5minutesanddecideonaproblemtoworkon.

Iknowit’sacrappylookingtimer,butIdidn’twanttoforkover$17forthegoodone.

Asateam,brainwritesomeideasyoucoulddotosolvethis

problem

Categorizeyourideasintothesebuckets:

Make it Easier Spark Motivation Remind People

Mingle!Critiqueanothertable’ssolutions:“whatcouldmakethemeasier?”“whatcouldbemoreinspiring?

“Whatcreativereminderscouldyouthinkof?”

Mingle!Critiqueanothertable’s

solutions:“whatcouldmakethechangeeasier?”

“whatcouldbemoreinspiring?“Whataremorecreativereminders?”

motiv

ation

HIGH

LOW

AbilityHARD EASY

Facilitate: Make the change

easierSignal:

Remind People!

Spark: Inspire People

BJ Fogg Behaviour Model | bjfogg.com

change unlikely

Using this in the wild

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Questions?