S3 EP14: Getting Creative with Change Management

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Try folding and crossing your arms like you usually would. If you do it two or more times, notice how you do it the same way. Now cross your arms again, this time the opposite way. And yes, unconsciously, you'll cross your arms as you did earlier. Doing it in reverse makes you feel awkward. This exercise is the perfect illustration of what happens when change is introduced and how we automatically react to the challenge of doing something new.  <br /> <br /></span><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode, we talk about getting creative with change and implementing it, leading to the path of least resistance and ensuring project success.<br /> <br /></span><strong>Key points covered in this episode:<br /> <br /></strong><strong>✔️ Why anyone who has ever worked or led an organization to take on strategic shifts understands how CHANGE is not easy.</strong> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Humans, as we are, doing things in a new way causes us to feel uncomfortable. However, it takes getting awkward and, at times, becoming open and accepting of the pain of change to scale and grow. <br /> <br /></span><strong>✔️ How gamification overthrows a potentially boring session of long presentation slides into a fun learning activity</strong> <span style="font-weight: 400;">that keeps learners engaged, motivated and, importantly, maintains better retention of information. By getting creative and getting a little silly about change management activities makes a huge difference.<br /> <br /></span><strong>✔️ Be open to the numerous ways to ensure that a project runs successfully in your organization.</strong> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Access and maximize resources to figure out how you can do things outside the norm for the team in every meeting. Kim Congleton, Chief Operating Officer and Co-Owner of New View Strategies, shares that this strategy reinforces that change will feel awkward and different, and it's going to take a while, but people will get used to it. <br /> <br /></sp