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“The University of Chicago is an astounding place. It's Yeshiva, a priesthood. It gives you an education, but more than that it gives you a mission. Oh, and an arrogance. But being Canadian helps with that.”

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Grant David McCracken

Grant David McCracken, born in 1951, is a renowned author whose work spans across cultural theory, consumerism, and sociology, profoundly influencing cultural studies. more

“You need to begin where people are. You can't punt ideas or innovations in from the 40 yard line. And yes, the work should feel so collaborative that it should feel like the end result belongs to everyone. Your best moment as a consultant is when your client plays your idea back to you as their idea. Your job: to nod sagely and say, "that's an excellent idea.".”

People Moments Innovation Excellent

Author:Grant David McCracken

“Now that everyone is reinventing and innovating, advantage goes to those who keep at it. We need to greet even success with humility.”

Humility

Author:Grant David McCracken

“Often it takes more time to explain a task than to do it yourself, and when you do it yourself there is no data lost in transmission. We have something to learn about how communication works in these settings. Sometimes it takes a really long time to communicate the full meaning of what we want to say.”

Long Sometimes Communication Communicate Transmission Do It Yourself Really Long

Author:Grant David McCracken

“Most change initiatives either fail or fall far short of original expectations. More often than not, resistance is cultural in nature but the real cause of lots of resistance often is that however much a team might say that it wants to change, the old assumptions are woven, invisibly, deep within the corporate culture, and from this staging ground they act invisibly to sustain the old order. Finding the assumption out and then rooting them out is a special skill. It calls for assumption hunters, I call them.”

Real Fall Culture Failing Team Special Expectations Assumption Initiative

Author:Grant David McCracken