Month: September 2016
Storytelling Quote
Presenters at The Story Conference
As you would have seen in a previous blog post, I very excited to announce that I am speaking at the 2016 Story Conference.
It runs from the 23rd to the 25th November 2016, here in Melbourne, and the theme is Influencing Cultural Change One Story at a Time.
There really is a great line up of workshop topics and presenters at this years conference as you can see here. There are three sessions in particular I am personally looking forward too. Continue reading
The Stick Approach – that seems to work
One of the areas that causes the most debate and difference of opinion in change is the role that incentives and disincentives play in motivating human behaviour.
I am sure we all have examples where blunt, ill designed, incentives or disincentives have failed to drive a desired behaviour, without the support and alignment of other approaches.
However, I saw an interesting example recently that does appear to work by using an incentive/disincentive alone.
Lists versus Stories
Found this short little video from Epipheo highlighting the difference between lists and stories in getting your point across.
Interesting way to make the point.
Understanding the importance of cues on behaviour
A key element in understanding a behaviour, and therefore being able to change it, is understanding cues.
A cue, also called a trigger or a prompt, is something that ‘tells’ us when to perform a certain behaviour.
Influencing Change Quote
Influencing Change Quote
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A fool-proof way to create change?
I was introduced to this video when I did the incredible Immunity to Change – Facilitators Workshop with Bob Kegan and Lisa Lahey at Harvard a few years ago.
For me, it perfectly sums up how many organisations and individuals believe how you go about changing something.
Influencing Change 