Joy at Work Thinking
It's okay if you're struggling! There are healthy and constructive ways to talk about personal struggles in the workplace. Spread some Joy at Work by making it easy to discuss and help each other.
Written by Roxanne Brown
I made the long flight from DC to San Francisco on a trip for work. I was going to a Data Governance conference in Japantown. Larry English would be speaking but that’s not why I came. Mr. English, who passed away in 2020, was considered the data...
Sometimes it can be hard to stay motivated, especially when you're working in a virtual workplace where it's hard to get feedback and reactions to your work. Spread some Joy at Work by sharing your feedback with colleagues!
Written by Ed Cook
It’s the beginning of the year and you are setting goals - again. We set these annual goals in so many contexts: business goals, fitness goals, financial goals, education goals. Our list is long. You set these goals with such hope for success, only to watch the...
Dear Friends and Family,
This year has been momentous for The Change Decision. Although the world remained under the pall of the COVID pandemic, we celebrated our fifth year!! For the first time, we truly believed that we were going to make it. The world didn’t use the word...
Written by Roxanne Brown
In times of crisis (and change), leaders need to give people something constructive to do that’s not throwaway work. That’s what people want right now.
In normal times, the workforce has a much easier time deciding what they should focus on. A...
Written by Roxanne Brown
Change is an active learning process. Even when the destination is clear (most often it's not, even in the most stable times), the path there involves a lot of test-and-learn activity. We like the "learn your way forward" way of thinking about change, or ...
Written by Ed Cook
Perhaps the most consequential business decision of 2021 will be to what extent a business should return to the office. With COVID-19 continuing to impact the planet (and sadly showing signs of a very strong resurgence), it seems likely that we will continue working...
The founder and host of the Change & Innovation Summit, April Callis Birchmeier, interviews Roxanne Brown. Roxanne shares her thoughts about how to work with leaders and how to develop layers of change leadership.
Written by Ed Cook
The increasing frequency of calls to “go back” to the office is not surprising. The past year-and-a-half has been anywhere from difficult to deadly for nearly everyone on the planet. Who wouldn’t want to roll back the clock? Sure, we...
Part of the What-if Series: Risks Change Professionals navigate every day. What do you do as a Change Professional when you've just started on a project that's been in progress for a long time already?
Many Change Professionals believe that they're at a disadvantage when they don't start on a...
Written by Ed Cook
It’s a fascinating exercise to pose the question, “Are you a great Change Leader?” The personae that tend to emerge break in one of two directions, Lawyer or Scientist.
The Lawyer will begin with a recitation of presumably amazing evidence...
