Working by Attraction

08/26/20 • 12 min

How do you get your ideas put into practice without pushing and persuading? I'll tell you about Dan--who inflicted help and failed-- and offer some alternatives for working by attraction:

How do you get your ideas put into practice without pushing and persuading? I'll tell you about Dan--who inflicted help and failed-- and offer some alternatives for working by attraction:

Previous Episode

The Language of Change

The words we use shape our thinking, and our thinking shapes our actions. The way people talk about change, influences how they plan for a change, what they expect, and how they interact with the people they hope will make changes. What if the language we use makes it harder to bring about the differences we want to see? In this episode, I’ll talk about how metaphor can shape expectation for change.

I've just scratched the surface here. My understanding of metaphors and cognition started with Metaphors We Live By by George Lakoff and Mark Johnson.

Next Episode

The Fingerprint Principle

People who lead change talk about wanting others to own the change. But how? How do you get people to feel like they own something that's fully formed and rolled out? You don't. The key is to let people get their fingerprints on a change. And that's what I'll talk about in this episode.

For more ideas on how to involve people in change, check out Chapter 7, Guide, and Allow for Variation, in 7 Rules for Positive Productive Change.