framechanges (how to be effective)

FRAMECHANGES

Indiana Library Federation Annual ConferenceNovember 14, 2012Indianapolis, INPeter Bromberg peterbromberg@gmail.com

Full Text of Talk is available at: http://peterbromberg.com/indiana/FRAMECHANGE.pdf

Being an attempt to answer the question:

How to be effective?

Or …

“Some things I’ve noticed or learned along the way”

“Between stimulus and response there is a space.

In that space is our power to choose our response.

In our response lies our growth and our freedom.”

- Viktor E. Frankl

Why Are We Here Today?

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Why Are We Here Today?

World population: 7,000,000,000

Ever Lived: 108,000,000,000

Why Are We Here Today?

What is effectiveness?

Effectiveness is

the ability to bring about

the results you desire.

Change

the absolutely crazy and historically unprecedented pace

of

or…What got us herewon’t get us there

1.5 mill yrs lever, wedge500,000 yrs control of fire

50,000 yrs bow & arrow

5,000 years wheel and axle; sail

500 years printing press with movable type; rifle100 years automobiles

55 years satellites

31 years IBM Home Computer

27 years Windows / Mac

19 years World wide web

11-13 years iPod, Netflix, Tivo6-8 years Ubiquitous Broadband, Blogging, Skype

5 years iPhone, Android, App Store, Geolocation

< 5 years SMS/Smartphone ubiquity, Twitter, Facebook

< 2 yearsTablets, iPads, Cloud

AMAZON-APPLE-GOOGLE-FACEBOOK

Exponential Pace of Change

Pew Internet & American Life Project

 200

0201

2Use Internet

(adult) 46% 82%Broadband at

home 5% 66%Own a cell phone 50% 88%eBook Reader 0% 19%Tablet 0% 19%

Key Trends: Overview

Change & Expectations

“Everything’s amazing and nobody’s happy”-Louis CK

Exponential Pace of Change1.5 mill yrs lever, wedge500,000 yrs control of fire50,000 yrs bow & arrow5,000 years wheel and axle; sail500 years printing press with movable type; rifle100 years automobiles50 years satellites30 years IBM Home Computer25 years Windows / Mac20 years World wide web10 years ago iPod, Netflix, Tivo6-8 years ago

Ubiquitous Broadband, Blogging, Skype

5 years ago iPhone, Android, App Store, Geolocation< 5 years SMS/Smartphone ubiquity, Twitter, Facebook

< 2 yearsTablets, iPads, Cloud

AMAZON-APPLE-GOOGLE-FACEBOOK

Unfreeze/Change/Refreeze

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It feels like this

Permanent Whitewater

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Agile Flexible Adaptable Innovative

Responsive

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Flatten the Organization

Flatten the Organization

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Strong Shared VisionLess HierarchyBias for actionBias for risk-takingEmployee empowerment

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Flatten the Organization

Importance of a Strong Vision

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- No formal authority

- Motivate others

- Initiate new ideas

- Seek others’ opinions

- Are passionate and involved

Emergent Leaders

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“I’ll just keep going until someone tells me to dial it back.”

And what will you doif someone tells you to dial it back?

“I’ll still keep going”

Emergent Leaders

You areCreative

Resourceful and Whole

Increasing your state of

resourcefulness

Power of Questions• What result do I want?• Were is my attention focused?• What else could this mean?• What resources are available?• What’s stopping me?• What assumptions am I making?• What have I tried?• What actions can I take?• What action WILL I commit to?• Did that move me in the right

direction?

Model for Effective Action

1. What do you want?

2. What actions have you taken?

3. Move in the right direction?

4. What else can you do?

5. What WILL you do?Modified from Steve and Jill Morris’ Leadership Simple

Model for Effective Action

1. What do you want?

2. What actions have you taken?

3. Move in the right direction?

4. What else can you do?

5. What WILL you do?Modified from Steve and Jill Morris’ Leadership Simple

Accountability

Human Beings: A Manual

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Extreme Self-Care

Clean up Tolerations

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Eat Well (and often)

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Exercise

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The Power of Posture

Sleep

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Take Breaks

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1. Self-Knowledge2. Regulate emotions3. Know others4. Adapt to others

Adapted from:Mayer and Salovey, 1997

Emotional Intelligence

Know ThyselfPersonality Styles

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•DISC•Myers Briggs•Enneagram•Strengths Finder•True Colors

Know Others

•DISC•Myers Briggs•Enneagram•Strengths Finder•True Colors

Platinum Rule

Treat others the way they want to be

treated

Understanding Motivation

EngagementThe principles of

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Perception Action

Cognition Emotion

Principles of Engagement

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Perception Action

Cognition Emotion

RememberWe are not alone…

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Andromeda YeltonJamie LaRueJenica RogersSteven BellLauren PressleyAndy WoodworthMeredith FarkasALA Think Tank

ILF| ALA | ACRL PLA |AASL | SLAMichael StephensBuffy HamiltonDavid Lee KingJenica RogersStephen AbramKaren Schneider

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Deleted Scenes

Take Care of Take Care of Your Brain

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What assumptions are you makingthat no longer

serve you?

Make More Choices(Wait, won’t that mean more mistakes?)

Make More Choices

REFRAMING

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Who’s Your Grandpa?

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Who’s Your Grandpa?

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Fundamental Attribution Error

What are your core values?

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True Facts From Dr. Science

True Facts From Dr. Science

Mind Your Mind Your State of Mind

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How to be EffectiveSignage at the DMV

19 signs in my field of vision

Signage at the DMV

19 signs in my field of vision

Influence v

Control

Know ThyselfKnow Thyself

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The Rule of 2012What got us here won’t get us

there

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Are You Making a Dent in the Universe?

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