When the bandoneon has begun to play, and the piano tunes in, how long do we think we can afford to remain seated before giving in finally to the invitation of our better half and start dancing again?

Check out the wake-up call at the start of the Onderwijscongres on October 11 in De Beurs van Berlage. Transposed to organizations in general the message is: MAKING SHIFT HAPPEN

21^th century people are lead by

————20^th century managers following a

———————–19^th century system while the whole world awaits us to

tune- in into the never ending dance of evolutions, give up pushing and open up to the pulling future, get inspired again and co-create VALUE, making use of all talents we have on board.

It was I think Eli Goldrath who once inspired me with his description of the 5 levels of resistance that we have to overcome to start dancing again.

1. We don’t see any problem in not dancing. We think we go fine. The Ostrich Syndrome.
2. We do see the problem and feel  the necessity to dance but we don’t believe we can dance. The Calimero Syndrome.
3. There is a problem, dancing might be a solution but in our case that won’t work. The Not Invented Here Syndrome.
4. There is a problem, dancing is probably the solution and it will work out but in this particular case there are too many obstacles and practical objections. The Yes…but Syndrome.
5. The problem is clear, the solution also and everybody is convinced that it will work, but to actually step on the dance floor and start moving asks for courage and surrender: the final escape is then to wait for the best moment (it will never come). The Mañana Syndrome.

If your desire to do what you and your people feel they ought to do and you decide to go for the Jackpot overcoming your syndromes you can phone us. We ‘ll tune up the band, create a Vital Space and we ‘ll let your organisation dance as long as there will be customer needs to fulfill, capacities to be recombined and  talents to unfold: MAKING THE SHIFT HAPPEN.

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Tags: Cultuurverandering, Innovatie, ondernemerschap, Sociale Innovatie, Vital Space

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