Our Iceberg is melting !!!

I just completed reading a wonderful book called 'Our Iceberg is Melting', Its really good book about 'change' written by John Kotter. After Kenneth Blanchard, this guy might be worth follwing. He has done so much scientific research on CHANGE.

In this book he takes an example of Melting Iceberg and Penguins. The whole story is about how they managed change. A few penguin characters like 'NO NO', Alice, Fred represent the real time characters we have seen in our life.

Here is the excerpt of the book for you at a glance:

The 8 step process of successful change....

Set the stage
1. Create a Sense of Urgency.
2. Pull together the guiding team.

Decide what to do
3. Develop the change vision and strategy : How can you make future a reality.

Make it Happen
4. Communicate for understanding and Buy In.
5. Empower others to act
6. Produce short-term Wins
7. Don't let up (pause)

Make it Stick
8. Create a new culture.

Some nice one liners in the book are as follows

Few people wont like hearing problem.
Reduce complacency and increase urgency.
I think I have enough experience to be patient.
Insufficient data to judge my IQ.

Enjoy reading !!!

This was my 22nd book so far.

Comments

Anonymous said…
if u have a softcopy.. can u plz send to my mail id rameshkatta0548@yahoo.co.in
July 23, 2009 at 3:56 AM
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Dhirubhai Notorious or Famous???????

This article is about a legend called Dhirubhai. Ambani The collected information about Reliance founder Dhirubhai from book Polyster Prince (which is banned in INDIA) and from internet. These facts are eye openers for rotten politics or eye brow raisers for public or shot in the arm for Indian system or brain teasers for Tax / Finance authorities....... Whatever it is, a man dreamed for something achieved it, the path he chosen might be controversial but not the hard work he put for it, neither his capabilities nor his thoughts..... One thing for sure 2 generations before me they dont know about this guy , might be no body discusses about him after 2 generations, i am proud to be from the same historic period as he is..... His famous quotes: Think big, think fast, think ahead. Ideas are no one's monopoly "We cannot change our Rulers, but we can change the way they Rule Us. "Changing orbits is the key to our progress" Some Unofficial statements made by him : I dont
Read more

Sri Sri kavitha

Hi All, (From Sri Sri Mahaprashtanam.......) Nenokkadini Ontarini na gadilopala chikatilo , chikatilo na gadilo, na gadilo chikatilo... chikatilopala na gadi lo..... Nenokkadini nidraku veliyai kannulu nindina kaviri to , kaviri nindina kannulatho, kannulalo kaviri to..... Nenokkadini nidraku veliyai gundalu kappina kumpatitho, kumpati kappina gundelatho , gundalalo kumpati tho, kumpatilo gundelatho.... naa kanu godal, na kanu gonal baakulatho , baakulu kappina baatalatho, baatalalo baakulatho......
Read more

Excerpt from the book "Made to Stick"

Image
This is one of my favorite books this year. The authors in this book talk about 6 principles to make messaging stick.  S:  Simple: Find the core and share the core U: Unexpected: Get attention(Surprise), Hold Attention (Interest). C:  Concrete: Help people understand, remember and coordinate. C:  Credible: Help people Believe. External and internal credibility. E:  Emotional: Make people care through the power of association, self-interest, and appeal to Identity. S:  Stories: Get people to Act through simulation and inspiration. Golden Rule of Simplicity: A one-sentence statement so profound that an individual could spend a lifetime learning to follow it. People can be driven to irrational decisions by too much complexity and uncertainty. Simple messages are core and compact. We need to shift our thinking from "What information do I need to convey? to "What questions do I want my audience to ask ?" Curiosity comes from gaps in our knowledge. Statistics will, and should,
Read more