“Adopting an attitude of agile optimism—expecting to receive unexpected insights before we see the outcomes—is how we build the neural pathways that create the spring-fever effect.”
Source: Your Year of Wonders: Embrace Change. Grow Faster. Win Bigger.
“Every worry, every lesson, every rejection, every insight, every failure, every false start is just one more falling apple helping us grow faster on our way to winning bigger.”
Source: Your Year of Wonders: Embrace Change. Grow Faster. Win Bigger.
“Sometimes bouncing back to our original form isn’t the optimal response to change.”
Source: Your Year of Wonders: Embrace Change. Grow Faster. Win Bigger.
“Change is a reality every leader must manage, but also a golden opportunity every leader should leverage.”
Source: Your Year of Wonders: Embrace Change. Grow Faster. Win Bigger.
“The goal of agile leadership is to help your team grow faster and win bigger. The goal is not comfort.”
Source: Your Year of Wonders: Embrace Change. Grow Faster. Win Bigger.
“By pushing people with one arm and loving them with the other, good leaders give their people the confidence needed to embrace change so they can grow faster and win bigger.”
Source: Your Year of Wonders: Embrace Change. Grow Faster. Win Bigger.
“Instead of only scaring our people about the dangers of not taking a plunge, why not also make them feel safe enough to take some risks?”
Source: Your Year of Wonders: Embrace Change. Grow Faster. Win Bigger.
“The survival instinct responds to jump-or-fry ultimatums. The growth instinct responds to dream-and-fly suggestions.”
Source: Your Year of Wonders: Embrace Change. Grow Faster. Win Bigger.
“When the prospect of change knocks, and your survival instinct immediately barks to scare off the intruder, your growth instinct throws a stick for your survival instinct to chase.”
Source: Your Year of Wonders: Embrace Change. Grow Faster. Win Bigger.
“Freed from the illusions of the narrative machine, we are nonetheless imprisoned by the consequences of its operations so long as a majority of the people give it credence and support. We cannot do this without you. We, perhaps more clearly than anyone else, realize how interdependent we all are and how we are all in this together.”
Source: Essays On The Media