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thinking about change… with Stacey Aldrich Santa Clara County Public Library Staff Day 2008 May 16, 2019 the day change ends! finding information Cell Phone Internet Internet Databases Databases Databases TV TV TV G E T I N F O Radio Radio Radio Radio Library Library
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thinking about change… with Stacey Aldrich Santa Clara County Public Library Staff Day 2008
May 16, 2019 the day change ends!
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“To find Orbit around a corporate Hairball is to find a place of balance where you benefit from the physical, intellectual and philosophical resources of the organization without becoming entombed in the bureaucracy of the institution.” page 33 “But if you allow that same gravity to suck you into the bureaucratic Hairball, you will find yourself in a different kind of nothingness. The nothingness of a normalcy made stagnant by a compulsion to cling to past successes. The nothingness of the Hairball.” page 33
Move from Deficit-Based thinking to Asset-Based thinking (ABT) • Magnify What’s Best, Focus on What’s next. • Use positive filters to get more traction when interacting with others. • The wider the lens, the better the view.
It’s all invented! • “Throw yourself into life as someone who makes a difference, accepting that you may not understand how or why.” • Rule Number 6 • How Fascinating!
There is no plan. • Think strengths not weaknesses. • It’s not all about you. • Persistence trumps talent. • Make excellent mistakes. • …..read the book
Life style design • Ask yourself, “what would you do if there were no way you could fail?” • Doing something unimportant well does not make it important. • Am I being productive or just active? • Do not work harder when the solution is working smarter.
Personal Reactions to Change REFLECTIVE REALISTS REFLECTIVEINNOVATORS “Let’s keep it” “Let’s look at it” “Let’s do it together” VISION CONTINUITY ACTION REALISTS ACTION INNOVATORS “Let’s get it done” “Let’s change it” RESULTS SYSTEMS CHANGE Source: Schreiber Shannon Associates, 2008