The ability to clearly formulate and express ideas is critical to successful implementation efforts. If you weren't born with it, how do you develop it? I've identified five common practices and one overarching truth about achieving clarity. If you can accept this truth — Clarity takes effort — then the five practices outlined in this post should help you.
Read moreWayfinding tips for Change Managers
Through recent experiences hiking in the California desert, I've learned a lot about being lost and finding my way again. These wayfinding lessons have proven to be useful in areas of my life beyond hiking — including my work in strategic change. If you find yourself leading an organizational change that’s gotten off course, these tips may be just what you need to get back on track.
Read moreWhy WOULDN'T you use evidence?
For me, the most compelling argument for evidence-based management involves a shared responsibility to make work better. My experience is that we CAN make it a lot better, just by putting in a bit more effort upfront. So perhaps the question isn’t why to use evidence, it’s why in the world wouldn’t you?
Read moreThe difference between 'doing' and 'achieving'.
There is a growing body of evidence that how we implement a new practice, or program, affects the outcomes we see as a result. In other words, the way you do it, impacts what you get out of it. Implementation science offers methods that help us to better ensure we get the intended benefits from the new practices we adopt. In this post, I discuss three concepts from implementation science that I have found particularly useful.
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