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Wednesday, 23 April 2008
Are your stories about the past or the present?
It has been said that “stories are the fabric of culture.” We all like to tell and hear stories. The rise in popularity of social networks such as Facebook highlights for me an observation that there is a deep longing in the world right now for new stories or at very least old stories told in new ways and with relevance for today and tomorrow.
In our work of inspiring and challenging organisations to be remarkable we note that the stories people tell when their organisation is less than remarkable are about the successes and failures of the past. We also notice that the moment transformation begins to happen stories about the present emerge.
A great check point to see if we are living on purpose both individually and organisationally is to ask ourselves are the stories we tell and listen to, old stories that relive the glories of the past or are they old yarns with new meaning, or better still completely new stories about the present?
Be remarkable
In our work of inspiring and challenging organisations to be remarkable we note that the stories people tell when their organisation is less than remarkable are about the successes and failures of the past. We also notice that the moment transformation begins to happen stories about the present emerge.
A great check point to see if we are living on purpose both individually and organisationally is to ask ourselves are the stories we tell and listen to, old stories that relive the glories of the past or are they old yarns with new meaning, or better still completely new stories about the present?
Be remarkable
Ian
Insightpreneur™ - expert on the journey from information-insight-inspiration-ideas-innovationLabels: Ian, leadership, storytelling
Monday, 7 April 2008
The happiness factor - now a legitimate part of a success strategy
Around 15 years ago I made a comment to an audience that happy staff equals happy customers. Many people laughed. Today the happiness factor is no longer considered a joke, rather a legitimate component of a success strategy. Larry Page, one of the founders of Google, recently named by Fortune magazine as the best place to work in the US, is on record as saying that a central part of the company’s strategy is to ensure that its employees are happy.
There is even a new form of psychology called 'positive psychology'. The most famous exponent as far as I know is Dr Martin Seligman. There are a number of great questionnaires on his website to measure your happiness. I highly recommend them.
Even more I highly recommend that you make employee happiness a key component of your strategy. Who knows maybe one day your company will be rated as the best place to work!
Be remarkable
There is even a new form of psychology called 'positive psychology'. The most famous exponent as far as I know is Dr Martin Seligman. There are a number of great questionnaires on his website to measure your happiness. I highly recommend them.
Even more I highly recommend that you make employee happiness a key component of your strategy. Who knows maybe one day your company will be rated as the best place to work!
Be remarkable
Ian
Insightpreneur™ - insight-inspiration-ideas-innovation
Labels: Ian, leadership
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