One of my favorite books is Thomas Kuhn’s, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. Kuhn dives into how new ways of thinking emerges. There’s a lot here, and it can be directly applied to any change project, including personal change. The author says that we tend to think of our current worldview as based on a […]
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Last week we talked about Framing the Crisis, the most critical of the 10 Key Elements to a Social Movement. This week I’ll cover the second most critical element: science-based research. Science-based research provides evidence for the change your movement is trying to make. It answers the “why’s” and illustrates your foundation. Watch the video
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Well, here it is: the day before 2019! There are so many things to be grateful for. I was thinking back over the year and asking myself, ‘What was the best new technique I learned this year to help me with my life?’ The answer came quickly. It was a morning meditation that I do
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This poem was called “arguably the best-known verses ever written by an American,” in the book, Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898, published in 1999. The authorship remains in dispute to this day as it was originally published anonymously and no one stepped forward until 14 years after it appeared. Most say
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Not long ago I shared a video about the 10 Key Elements to a Social Movement. Remember, a social movement is a way to catalyze the different players in your stakeholder ecosystem to bring about incredible change. Today, I would like to discuss Framing the Crisis, the first, most important, element. In today’s world of
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Whenever there is an emergency a close friend of mine always reminds me to notice the helpers. The news focuses on the disaster, but in every video there are workers who are hustling around protecting children, saving animals, caring for the wounded, giving shelter to the homeless, feeding the victims. He points out to me
If I had to define challenge in one word it would be growth. Recently, I’ve been working to identify the winning moves being made by leaders of successful associations. There are three elements key to growth: mission impact, membership, and profitability. In this video I discuss those elements and the three winning moves I see
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This is the time of year to prepare for 2019. Every December I pull out my project list for the previous two years and look at the momentum I have generated and ask myself what my big vision goals are for the year ahead. I love doing this because it creates momentum and excitement for
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RSVP NOW December 18, 2018 — 4 – 6 pm — Dupont Circle, Washington, DC Stefano Bertuzzi, CEO of the American Society for Microbiology, and I would love to have you as our guest at Carpe Annum 2019! This holiday salon is a short program on Associations Tomorrow – my new initiative to showcase innovations worth learning from.  This year we welcome
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During my time at the World Bank, we dove deep into what it takes to make things happen in the world, how experts translate their inner knowing into real-life impact. We discovered that when two or more people worked together on a common issue, all of the amazing and invisible interior know-how turned was turned
