At the risk of sounding like a promo for an ESPN 30-for-30 documentary, what if I told you the people inside your organization most resistant to your ideas could also be your greatest allies in their implementation? Learn more in this entertaining but purposeful look at the insights and events that drive change, and how we can assess our own capacities, develop our skills, and manage change in the most effective way possible. You’ll learn about society. You’ll learn about your co-workers. You’ll learn about yourself. And you’ll learn one really boss cool Jedi mind trick to overpower to most grumpiest curmudgeon in your office.

1. MANAGING
CHANGE
FROM THE
INSIDE OUT
!
TIM MILES
thedailyblur.com

2. THECONFERENCEHIGH

3. WHOAREYOU?

4. WHOAREYOU?

5. WHOAREYOU?

6. WHOAREYOU?

7. WHOAREYOU?

8. “Some men see things as
they are and ask ‘why?’
!
I dream things that never
were and ask ‘why not?’”

9. “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”

10. “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”
Have you ever had your ideas
stonewalled by the very people you
were hoping would implement them?

11. Stonewalling occurs when you try to lead people
faster than they’re willing to change.

12. If you truly want things
to be different in your
company, you must
start at the beginning—
!
with the guardians.
Who are the guardians
in your organization?

13. Guardians may
strike you as
stubborn and
seem like
regimented
sticks-in-the mud,
wet blankets, and
little dudes with
badges.

14. But guardians
are also the
most fiercely
loyal and dutiful
employees and
your strongest
allies.

15. They value work,
purpose, authority,
and dependability.

16. And they often see
visionaries as flighty
and unstable dreamers.

17. Guardians believe in authority and
organization.
They value structure and belonging.
They consider work and service to
be high virtues.
They arrive early and stay late, their
shoulders beneath the burden.
And they are the most resistant to
change.

18. The secret to winning
the guardians?
Win their counsel early.
“This is the problem I
believe we must
correct. But in our
attempt to correct it,
what must we
safeguard at all costs?
What is working well for
us?

19. The secret to winning
the guardians?
Win their counsel early.
!
“What must not
be changed?”

20. If you have the
patience to win the
Guardians instead of
simply steamrolling
over them, you will
have gained the power
of implementation and
guaranteed the
success of your plan.

21. “What is working
well for us?”
“What must not
be changed?”

22. Who are you?
Do I trust you?
Am I afraid of it?
Will this work for me?
Who says it's important?
What will my peers think?
These are all variations of
one complicated thread:
how will this process
make me feel?
- Seth Godin

23. Are you willing to pull
the trigger?
Are you prepared to
quit holding meetings,
forming committees,
and talking to go and
DO something?
Nothing changes until
action is taken.

24. How?

25. 1. FOCUS
What is it you’re trying
to make happen?
Say it simple.
Say it plain.
How will you measure
success?
What’s a happy ending?

26. 2. EVALUATE
What’s holding you
back?
Name the limiting
factors.
Say them simple.
Say them plain.

27. 3. PRIORITIZE
When two of your goals
come into conflict, which
one bows the knee?
Prioritize your objectives.

28. 4. BRAINSTORM
How can we nullify
limiting factors?
What levers can we
use to dislodge
impediments?
Look outside your
industry for solutions.
!

29. 5. IMPLEMENT

30. 1. Know your destination.

31. 1. Know your destination.
2. Just start walking.

32. 1. Know your destination.
2. Just start walking.
3. Then don’t stop.

33. 1. Know your destination.
2. Just start walking.
3. Then don’t stop.
4. End each day by
reviewing your progress.

34. 1. Know your destination.
2. Just start walking.
3. Then don’t stop.
4. End each day by
reviewing your progress.
It’s that simple. If the end
of the day finds you at
the same place you were
this morning, then make
any small step before
your head hits the pillow.

35. Any. Small. Step.
The magic is not in the
size of your steps.
But in the
relentlessness of them.

37. “Money will
make me
happy”
?

38. Rosabeth
Moss
Kanter

39. Membership

40. Mastery

41. Meaning

42. “True
Happiness
Comes From
Within”
?

44. Will you
take the
Happiness
Challenge
?

45. If not… ?

46. Single Task
Isolation
Not A Marathon
Review
Preview / Prepare
Batch Email/Phone
!

47. WARNING:
By doing these
things, you
may begin to
expect good
things to
happen to you.

48. CHRIS BROGAN
10 August 2010

49. What goes into making success happen?
Work. Work with a little bit of preparation and
a lot bit of follow-through.
You want to write a book? Schedule writing
times.
You want to get fit? Plan ahead and have
healthy snacks in the house. Plan your sleep
schedule and get up earlier in the morning to
work out when your metabolism wants it more.

50. You want to get rich? Spend less, earn more,
and find ways to earn while you sleep.
You want more attention? Blog, make videos,
get out to events, go out and hungrily find the
audience you need.
Sharpen your pencil. Use the pencil.
Follow through.
It doesn’t get much simpler than that.
But it sure isn’t easy.

52. TIM MILES
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MANAGINGCHANGE
FROM THE INSIDE OUT