Penny for your thoughts? How your 2 cents add up to a lot of change…

My choice of career was accepted enthusiastically by my parents when I chose a major in college, and it was lamented just as enthusiastically when I graduated with an IT degree in the midst of the tech bubble collapse. As fluid as the technology is and as stormy as the seas of the industry are I have become used to changing (for the most part) how I think, what tools I use and what works and what does not; IT has largely been “rolling with the punches” since 2001(ish).
With all the focus on change at the government and policy level have we thought about how we manage change? Or how it starts? Is a grassroots approach always the best or do we occasionally need to deploy the cold-war-esque Iron fist?
I have found that largely it is easier to apologize than to ask for permission; if you ask someone you give them the first right of refusal when that has already rested with you (after all you already THINK it’s a good idea). I try to foster creativity in my employees, part of my job is to say “no” to crazy ideas but to say “humm give it a try” to others. Often the least obvious and most Macgyverish solutions are the ones that bring a project or solution to completion when things look darkest. As agents and creatures of change we must keep pushing the envelope, try to show people how things could work better but we also have to remain receptive to new ideas. (cliché but its true) When we manage change are we managing it on an institutional level or at a personal level? Or Both?

January 30, 2009 • Posted in: Uncategorized

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