Loran Nordgren is best-selling author of “The Human Element: Overcoming the Resistance That Awaits New Ideas.” For the past few years he has been studying change and why it’s such a struggle inside of organizations, specifically for leaders.
For many years I had a podcast called Leading The Future of Work With Jacob Morgan. I’ve recorded over 760 episodes with some of the world’s top leaders, thinkers and authors including: Seth Godin, Yuval Harari, Dan Pink, Marshall Goldsmith, Ray Dalio, and CEOs from organizations like Best Buy, Accor Hotels, Siemens, Honeywell, Netflix, and countless others.
Oftentimes, we associate leadership with something big and transformational. But few people realize that transformation isn’t something that happens overnight.
Human resources used to be the department known for hiring and firing.
But modern HR departments do so much more.
Most of us have had our lives disrupted by the current pandemic in some way. We have had to find new ways to connect with friends and family, we aren’t traveling as much (or at all), and we’re having to adapt to new ways of working and learning. It might feel like you have little to no control over what is happening, but as Whitney shares, “if we’re going to manage the disruption, we need to disrupt ourselves”.
How many times have you tried and failed to change someone’s mind about something, whether it was a family member, a coworker, a friend, or a boss? Jonah says it is because we are going about trying to change their mind in the wrong way.
It’s rare that a company decides to disrupt itself. As André Calantzopoulos says, it takes a strong leader to survive major organizational changes.
Daniel Martinez-Valle is the CEO of Orbia, a global leader in polymers, materials, and infrastructure. In this week’s discussion, you will hear how Orbia is committed to “help the world take shape and create a more livable, lovable planet for everyone”.
What can be expected when two huge retailers join forces? That’s the question on a lot of people’s minds and one of the reasons our community wanted to discuss Amazon’s recent purchase of Whole Foods. This move is a game-changer in how we shop and get our food, and effects could easily spread to a number of different areas. [..]