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How to act our way out of the status quo trap | Leadermorphosis (50 mins).
*People get very caught in what I call the status quo trap…. They're very alert to what stands in their way. And very reluctant to do experiments. They think they can think their way to the answer. And actually, you can't…. there is this reluctance to experiment *- and in particular, on the part of a lot of senior managers - the tendency to require proof before the experiment… Well, if you could give a guarantee, then you wouldn't need to do the experiment, Margaret Heffernan.
Change through experimentation | Brave New Work podcast (45 mins)
Leaders in the workplace often talk about experimenting within the existing structures. But in the excitement and flurry of change, we often forget the goal of experimentation: to make it a real learning practice. In this episode, we discuss how to plan, structure, and assess change experiments with the right intentions, and for the best outcomes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_h2WJ1qNRA&ab_channel=CultivatingLeadership
Credit to https://www.lizandmollie.com/ for their wonderful images.
<aside> 🚀 The New Ways of Working Playbook is brought to you by WorkPulse, the ways of working, culture, and engagement diagnostic for progressive organisations.
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