Mastering Change in the Midst of Chaos

Change Is Not an Event, It Is an Ongoing Process as it is with Chaos

709_ Mastering change is one of Pat and Larry Nelson's favorite topics. There's a good reason. They have started a dozen companies, lived in and owned businesses in five foreign countries stretching from Norway to Australia. They are truly serial entrepreneurs as they have started more than a dozen companies. Some were extremely successful and others learning experiences. One thing that was true in every situation was the rushing changes. At times they were victims and others they were victors. Larry has conducted seminars for numerous companies both large and small, public and private sectors, in a dozen countries, on the subject of 'Mastering Change in the Midst of Chaos'. In this video you will see and hear Larry discuss the 'Six Truths About Change'. The topic includes; Resistance, Involvement, Making Winners, not Losers, Vision, Benefits, and Follow up. In addition, Larry talks about the five Ground Swells of Change impacting business. Like the Nelsons say, "Master Change Before It Masters You."
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The Contradiction of Focus When Building a Business
1275_ 9/11/12 [Orig Pub. 12/2009]- When you ask successful entrepreneurs, What are the keys to building a successful, sustaining business? Among other words, they'll say, Passion, A+ Team, Commitment, Innovation, Focus. While all have substance, the successful entrepreneurs have fascinating stories that support those descriptions, I would like to point out that 'Focus' is a double-edged sword. Let’s be clear, focus is a critical element for building a successful business. It's true that if you don't know where you are going any road will take you there. Then again, if you are so focused on where you are going, you could get side-swiped because you didn't see 'it' coming. So what does this all mean? In Larry’s book, Mastering Change in the Midst of Chaos, Chapter 12, Ground Swells of Change - Prepare, capitalize or fall victim, he discusses five different examples of landscapes and their ground swells of change. He also writes about trends of both the past and the future. Trends have an impact on the landscape; however it's the groundswell that will often determine the success or failure of an endeavor, personal or professional. "The greatest difficulties lie where we are not looking for them" said Johann Wolfgang Goethe. A ‘ground swell of change’ is never a solo effort; it takes many active forces to build up a head of steam. Examples include: innovations, inventions, laws, events, in/out of favor fads, something that is displaced or replaced, cultural changes, local events, controversy, fiscal changes, mergers, movements, etc. There's more....
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Disruptive Strategies for Building Your Business
Three Key Segments for thinking, planning and executing.

1. The Process:  Applying the principles of A-to-Z Planning. Audit - assess, evaluate and strategize. Navigating through the sea of change with a successful and proven process.

2. The People Factor: Unraveling the people puzzle and tapping into your team's mental DNA. People are the cause of all problems and people are the source of all solutions.

3. The Trends: Understanding your sector's history, trends and ground swell. Insight into the past and future is important. The ground swells we are facing today have the greatest impact.

Larry Nelson's In-House Seminars and Keynote Addresses Include:
Mastering Change in the Midst of Chaos
Unraveling the People Puzzle
Building High-Performance Teams
Trends that are Changing the Course of Business Forever
Achieving Personal & Professional Satisfaction

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Ground Swells of Change and Your Team

755_ Ground Swells of Change and Your Team 
This is Part 2 of 2, from The Contradiction of Focus: Take time to discuss, debate and analyze with these seven steps.

1- Try to identify and describe the ground swell of change impacting your organization but be willing to modify it a number of times as you go through the process. Your customers, suppliers and other associates are dealing with the same challenges.
2- Then identify what are the elements that are creating and sustaining the ground swell. Remember they include innovations, disruptive technologies, inventions, laws, events, in/out of favor fads, something that is displaced or replaced, cultural changes, breaking news, local events, controversy, fiscal changes, mergers, movements, etc. Your customers and suppliers might have a different take on these.
3- Is there additional input and information that can help you in this assessment process? It’s easy to see that it is not possible to contain this process into a brief meeting, but it is well worth the time and effort into taking the time and making the most of the meeting.
4- This would be a good time to expand or reshape your view of the ground swell.
5- Go through the famous ‘Ben Franklin’ exercise with your entire team. Simply draw a vertical line down the middle of a flip chart or white board and on the left title it ‘Areas of Challenge’ and on the right side, ‘Areas to Capitalize on’. Use your brainstorming rules.
6- Develop a short-term action plan and an overall game plan with specific measurable outcomes and a clear understanding of who is responsible for what.
7- Assess your progress weekly to begin with and monthly when that seems appropriate.

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Focus, A Double Edged Sword

751_ The Contradiction of Focus When Building a Business 
When you ask successful entrepreneurs, "What are the keys to building a successful, sustaining business?" Among other words, they'll say, "Passion, A+ Team, Commitment, Innovation, Focus." While all have substance, and the successful entrepreneurs have fascinating stories that support those descriptions, I would like to point out that 'Focus' is a double-edged sword. Let’s be clear, focus is a critical element for building a successful business. It's true that if you don't know where you are going any road will take you there. Then again, if you are so focused on where you are going, you could get side-swiped because "you didn't see it coming". So what does this all mean? In my book, Mastering Change in the Midst of Chaos, Chapter 12, "Ground Swells of Change - Prepare, capitalize or fall victim", I discuss five different examples of landscapes and their ground swells of change. I also write about trends of both the past and the future. Trends have an impact on the landscape; however it's the groundswell that will often determine the success or failure of an endeavor, personal or professional. ‘The greatest difficulties lie where we are not looking for them.’ said Johann Wolfgang Goethe. A ‘ground swell of change’ is never a solo effort; it takes many active forces to build up a head of steam. Examples include: innovations, inventions, laws, events, in/out of favor fads, something that is displaced or replaced, cultural changes, local events, controversy, fiscal changes, mergers, movements, etc. There's more...
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Technology and Communication

Ground Swell of Change

Technology and Communication

Here are some things to look at and consider when analyzing the Technology and Communication ‘Ground Swell’: A surge of new communication tools; social networks - maybe opening doors for some and scaring others; while creating clashes between early adopters...

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The greatest difficulties lie where we are not looking for them. – JOHANN WOLFGANG GOETHE lexander Graham Bell (1847-1922) is often referred to as the Father of Technical Communication. In fact he wanted to invent something that would specifically help the hard of hearing. Likewise, Vinton Cerf is widely regarded as one of the Fathers of the Internet, and coincidentally wears a hearing aid. In the early-70s a graduate student, Cerf worked on a data packet networking group that was the predecessor of the Internet. After this his career just took off – doctorate, assistant professor where he conducted research on packet network interconnection protocols and co-designed a major protocol suite. His status simply grows and grows, vice-president of MCI Digital Information Services from 1982 to 1986…and so on, through to ‘vice-president and chief Internet evangelist for Google’ (as he is described on his own medium, the Net) in 2009. And I ask myself, How did he foresee the groundswell of change? In fact he didn’t. When I interviewed him in 2004 he was more interested in the future possibilities of his research than on his historical accomplishments. And why not? Technology is booming and is a source of constant change. Intel co-founder Gordon Moore stated in his 1965 paper, ‘Since the invention of the integrated circuit in 1958, the number of transistors that can be placed inexpensively on an integrated circuit has increased exponentially, doubling approximately every two years’, commonly referred to as ‘Moore’s Law’. Here are some other things to look at and consider when analyzing this ‘Ground Swell’: A surge of new communication tools; Wireless and landlines colliding; Social networks opening doors for some, scaring others creating confusion; clashes between early adopters and those who don’t care to adopt; Facebook, YouTube, Linked In, Twitter, Me.dium, Lijit, Brad Feld’s Blog (one of the top blogs in the world); Search engines, Wikipedia, and others fight for survival; Email and spam; new media such as w3w3tv.com; hand held wireless tools; the youth; Moore’s Law; and this is only the tip of the iceberg. Christine Heckart, General Manager of Marketing, Connected TV Business, Microsoft Corporation said, “When the Internet rolls over an industry it will be fundamentally changed. As it has with the newspaper industry... so it will with television, the question is, how will that look and who will pay for it?" There are volumes of books detailing the history and exploits of these and hundreds of others that have made a difference in the field of technology and communication. It is a constant ground swell of change. Lesson: Boy! The acknowledged Father of the Internet has sure spent a lot of his career time out of the lab - in committees usually as president, chairman or chief. The lesson to be learned here is the surprising mixture of creative and boardroom life. Vinton Cerf is also the active public face of Google, which in itself indicates the future direction of discretion. There was a time when inventors weren’t celebrities, but now – fulfilling Andy Warhol’s ‘15 minutes of fame’ dictate – the spotlight is good for business. And, Vinton Cerf never rests on his laurels, he continues to break new ground in a sector that (more than any other) is bursting at the seams with the word NEW. The ever-changing Internet and social media is a continuing demonstration of this ground swell of change.

This is an excerpt from the book, “Mastering Change in the Midst of Chaos” written by Larry Nelson, discussing one of five Ground Swells of Change written about in the book along with a hands-on how to section and the important people section. There’s more at www.MasteringChange.net
Copyright© 2009, Larry Nelson

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Table of Contents

Introduction: Change and Entrepreneurs

1. Change: You Can Count On It
2. Systems, Sources and Solutions of Change
3. Systemic Approach to Team Change
4. Thinking, Planning, Doing
5. Successful Management of Change in a Chaotic World
6. Are You Reactive or Proactive?
7. Persuasion and Your People’s Response to Change
8. Frames of Reference
9. How You’ll Respond to Change
10. 9 Roles for In-Depth Understanding of Your 3-Filters™
11. Pulling It All Together
12. Ground Swells of Change
13. The Past
14. The Future
15. Change Champions – Who Do You Agree With?

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