I'm not much for reading leadership and management books. I tend to eye them off in airport bookshops and then settle for the SMH crosswords instead.However, a friend from work recently lent me Tribes - Seth Godin's 2008 offering.
Some of it I can do without, but some of it rings nice big bells:
"Change isn't made by asking permission. Change is made by asking forgiveness, later."
The theme of change runs strongly through the Conference this year - not just because we've changed things about the Conference, but because it's integral to many of the stories that our presenters are telling. Stories about what they've changed (and how, and why), calls to arms as global environmental and economic change bears down upon us (or lifts us up), and dreams of what the future might hold.
When we selected the papers earlier this year we were excited by the amount and nature of change in the air. Seeing the papers come in for review over the last six weeks has confirmed our suspicions - this Conference is one not to miss.
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In his bestseller 'Maverick' Ricardo Semler also says "better to beg forgiveness than to ask permission". It's a great philosophy. We don't know where the boundaries are until we push them back and find out.
I also like the story in 'The Leadership Challenge' by Kouzes and Posner of a firm that had a monthly Giraffe Award for the employee who sticks their neck out the most!
Unlike Duncan, I'm addicted to literature on management, leadership, coaching...
Come along to the Conference and stick your neck out with your questions and comments while you're there.
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