Rebel for the soul of government
/“Please don’t tell rebels like me to abandon organizations that clearly need them." A government rebel's advice on conflict, duty, and rediscovering the collective soul within.
Read More“Please don’t tell rebels like me to abandon organizations that clearly need them." A government rebel's advice on conflict, duty, and rediscovering the collective soul within.
Read MoreIt's June 1 and the city garden behind my Providence, RI, office is bursting with new growth. What's fascinating about plants -- and organizations -- is that so much unexpected and counter-intuitive growth happens at the tips and edges of organisms.
New cellular structures -- and ways of working -- often happen by chance, emerging unexpectedly in the least likely places.
Read MoreWhy do I care so much about helping people speak up and be heard?
It didn’t start on this day, but all these years later this incident feeds my determination to help people speak truth to power
Read MoreNothing is going as planned during this two-day tourist jaunt in Sweden. So many weeks of planning and expectations gone kaput. So I board Tram 6 for an edgy club in an iffy neighborhood and the weekend takes an unexpected course.
Read MoreDebbie’s mother is trying to find Debbie. But Debbie’s mother is lost inside the nursing home. There is no one to hear her or help her, except for me, the wrong number.
In my work with big companies I often feel that people are lost, calling those in positions of responsibility with ideas, cautions, and worries, and getting no response. They feel like Debbie’s mother.
Read MoreFive years ago when people asked me how change happens in big organizations I couldn’t wait to share ideas on positioning, navigating organizational politics and conflict.
Now my advice is different.
Read MoreIn Change Agents Worldwide, we had a conversation thread recently about how we talk about each other, so that others might know us better. Lois Kelly and I agreed to correspond. Now, I have never met Lois in person. So what am I to suppose? By Jonathan Anthony.
Read MoreHow does a possibility hunter think? Lois Kelly interviews Jonathan Anthony, a fellow Change Agent Worldwide member, and uncovers why he's so effective in creating new ways to work and add value to large global corporation.
Read MoreWhat might you give yourself permission to do -- or not do? A story about a permission slip.
Read MoreFoghound is the leadership development consulting firm run by Lois Kelly, co-founder of Rebels at Work.
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