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  • Preparing for Change Flowchart - Answering the 17 questions contained in our Preparing for Change Flowchart will assist you in preparing to address or navigate the potential pitfalls associated with an intentional change initiative.  It can also help you problem solve what might not be working in your response to an unintentional change initiative.
  • It’s a VUCA World - Denise Caron’s “It’s a VUCA World” is a colorful and creative powerpoint presentation on VUCA – what it means, where it shows up, ways to respond. It's A Vuca World! from Denise Caron
  • Understanding the VUCA World - “Understanding the VUCA World,” a video with Bob Johansen and David Small.  Bob Johansen, from The Institute For the Future, is the creator of VUCA prime.  In this short video (less than 5 minutes) he explains it.
  • Kelly McGonigal: How to make stress your friend (a TED Talk) - Ted talks – Kelly_McGonigal:  How_to_make_stress_your_friend Stress. It makes your heart pound, your breathing quicken and your forehead sweat. But while stress has been made into a public health enemy, new research suggests that stress may only be bad for you if you believe that to be the case. Psychologist Kelly McGonigal urges us to see…
  • Malcolm Gladwell on spaghetti sauce (a TED Talk) - Malcolm Gladwell on spaghetti sauce – Tipping Point author Malcolm Gladwell gets inside the food industry’s pursuit of the perfect spaghetti sauce – and makes a larger argument about the nature of choice and happiness. Detective of fads and emerging subcultures, chronicler of jobs-you-never-knew-existed, Malcolm Gladwell’s work is toppling the popular understanding of bias, crime,…
  • Chimamanda Adichie: The danger of a single story (a TED Talk) - Chimamanda Adichie: The danger of a single story – Our lives, our cultures, are composed of many overlapping stories. Novelist Chimamanda Adichie tells the story of how she found her authentic cultural voice — and warns that if we hear only a single story about another person or country, we risk a critical misunderstanding.
  • Ken Robinson says Schools Kill Creativity (a TED Talk) - Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity – Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity.  Creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson challenges the way we’re educating our children. He champions a radical rethink of our school systems, to cultivate creativity and acknowledge multiple…
  • Leading at the Cusp of Change (a Prezi) - “Leading at the Cusp of Change” is the presentation we shared at the Washington State Nonprofit Conference on May 11, 2012.  It’s about the intersection of leadership and adaptive change, VUCA  and VUCA prime, our change model, and what you can do to better prepare yourself and your organization for the future.
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