Category: Change

Adoption, Change, Change Agents, Digital Workplace, Leadership

Passion is No Ordinary Word

[This is a bit of an insider post. New blog readers, please bear with me.] Here’s a question: When did you first fall in love with Luis Suarez? For me, it was sometime in 2006 or 2007. I first wrote about him on my blog in 2007 after he unpacked a 7-part analysis of the…
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Change Agents Worldwide Announces Membership Change

Next week, about a dozen of our Change Agents will be celebrating our first anniversary dinner at this lovely French restaurant, Le Carré des Feuillants, courtesy of Jive Software. Several of our network members will be presenting at the E20 Summit in Paris next week. We’ll be making a few announcements next week, but an important…
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What is Change Agents Worldwide?

We started working on the business almost a year ago to the day. Over the course of the year, various members of our network have blogged about what we think, how we work, and what we believe. But, we never formally “launched” the business. We are still fine-tuning some of our progressive network-era based business…
Adoption, Change, Digital Workplace, Leadership, Working Out Loud

Enterprise Social Network Haiku – of Course!

http://www.haikudeck.com/e/zyiBjGpBxO Created with Haiku Deck, the free presentation app for iPad Change Agent Rainer Gimbel is leading change for Evonik Industries AG, a leader in the Specialty Chemicals industry. To convince 33,000 colleagues to change work habits they’ve used for the last 10-15 years, requires a lot of evangelizing, change management and sometimes… poetry.
Change, Leadership

Corporate Rebels Unite!

There are a number of enlightened individuals who are coming together to change the world of work. We love what change agent Peter Vander Auwera created in Corporate Rebels United. In his own words: The main challenge is that the organizational anti-bodies always resist change, to be aware of this, and still keep on fighting.…
Change, Leadership

No Playing With (Social) Fire

How do traditional, regulated industries cope with social engagement? Not so well, as it seems. In a series of two posts, we will explore the reasons that hold those industries back from becoming truly social (part 1), taking Pharma as an example. Between real constraints and irrational fears, various avenues of action exist (part 2)…
Change, Working Out Loud

What Does A Friend Look Like In The Age Of Social?

Or, How John Hagel, David Armano, Hugh MacLeod and Harold Jarche Kickstarted Me. Here’s how it began. 2011 Back story: In my MarComms job, I had two projects front of mind – launching an Enterprise Social Network (we were the first company in the world to completely replace our intranet with Yammer) and developing a bunch…
Change, Digital Workplace, Leadership

New: Thought Leaders Digest from Change Agents Worldwide

Change Agents Worldwide is in production on its first e-book. Our individual approaches to the market is unique and varied, yet we all share the same core beliefs about how the workplace is changing and what leaders need to do to prepare for that change. Sign up to get a free copy of the e-book…
Change, Working Out Loud

Here’s How Change Agents Of The World Unite

As we begin 2014, let’s start at the end. Change Agents navigate the choppy waters and uneven terrain toward the future of work. They invite you along for the journey – as guides, as co-conspirators, and treasure seekers. They are in the vanguard. This puts them ahead of the pack. It means they are ready.…
Change, Leadership

The Revolution will be Pinned

The Change Agents Worldwide story is fueled by passion and conviction. We believe we can make a difference and we are. Every day. Feel free to explore our posters on Pinterest. If you’re ready to change the world of work too, we salute you. We are in this together.