One of my favorite articles that I’ve shared with our customers over the years is Dan and Chip Heath’s piece in Fast Company called “Analysis of Paralysis.”
The two basic points of their article are:
Too many choices can paralyze you, and
Simplicity helps you take action.
Summer is upon us! The trees are green, the bugs are buzzing, and the sun is shining. And nothing goes better with summertime than a refreshing cocktail. With Covid-19 vaccines rolling out and the high hopes for a continued decrease in Covid’s impact, it seemed like the right time to blow the dust off of this blog article from several years ago to celebrate where we’ve come since last year.
Organizational values can be tricky to identify. You and your team likely value many things -- justice, quality, collaboration, innovation, etc. If you’re not careful, you’ll create a long list of values that sounds like the values of any organization.
That’s why we base our approach on the values identification model put forth in Pat Lencioni’s book, The Advantage.
In my customer work I try to communicate powerful concepts in simple and memorable ways. One of my favorite tools to do this is using relevant and powerful quotes.
To that end I've collected scores of quotes during my career. Whittling that collection down to a "top 10" for this article was a tough exercise. Many excellent quotes didn't make the final list.
I ended up choosing this list because these are the quotes that I find most inspiring for myself and our customers. I hope you find them helpful.
