Friday, Dec 9 2011 8:30AM to 10:30AM
David Phillips, Faster Glass Consulting
Goodmortgage.com
3325 South Tryon Street
Charlotte, NC 28217
Monthly BIG Ideas Exchange
Friday, December 9, 2011
Location: Goodmortgage.com, 3325 South Tryon Street, 28217
http://www.goodmortgage.com/directions/
8:30 am to 9:00 am Continental breakfast and networking
9:00 am to 10:30 am BIG Ideas Discussion
Free to Members and Guests of BIG: RSVP to terry@bigcouncil.com or register below.
Book: “Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard” by Chip and Dan Heath
Learning Objective: How to change things when change is hard.
Discussion Topic: Recommendations for bringing about change.
The Heath brothers think that the sciences of human behavior can provide us with tools for making changes in our lives—tools that are more effective than "willpower," "leadership" and other easier-said-than-done solutions. The authors explain a couple of fundamental principles of psychology and distill from them concise recommendations for bringing about change. They convey their ideas primarily through stories about people, companies and organizations that have successfully undertaken major realignments, sometimes in the face of long odds.
Switch: Don’t Solve Problems – Copy Success (Fast Company, February 2010) http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/142/switch-how-to-change-things-when-change-is-hard.html?page=0%2C0
Dan Heath: How to Find Bright Spots (Fast Company, May 2010)http://www.fastcompany.com/video/find-the-bright-spots
As a reminder, you don’t have to read the book! The facilitator will share the main principles from the book with the group.
David Phillips, Faster Glass Consulting, will facilitate this stimulating discussion.
For an excerpt of this book, go to:
http://www.amazon.com/Switch-Change-Things-When-Hard/dp/0385528752
During this roundtable we'll:
· share our own experiences in this area in our businesses
· share best practices from our own personal experience or from industry thought leaders
· share ideas on how to improve the area within our businesses to fuel growth
Note: We are looking for people to facilitate book discussions, so please don’t hesitate to contact me if there is a book that you’re passionate about and would like to share with the group. We are currently looking to fill the 2012 calendar. The meetings take place the second Friday of every month, so pick a month that suits you for 2012!