Change. Up until about four hours ago I had been working in partnership with a very talented and terrific person for the last 2 years. One click of the mouse, one opened e-mail, and several hours later, The Change Exchange was born. They say change happens for a reason, that change can be a good thing. The morning sun is indeed coming up and the new day certainly will be a much different one than yesterday. It will have a new focus, new opportunities, and will be the beginning of a new adventure. How can you not look forward to that?
Change has many definitions but the one I am living right now is " to transform or convert". I transformed from a partnership to working solo. I am not new to the world of change. I have several decades experience in the worlds of organizational development, performance and productivity improvement, and as the Air Force's equivalent of a business consultant. I know that change is needed in many areas that affect our lives and society so The Change Exchange will focus for now on bringing change in our places of work, our schools, and our communities. You also can not even begin to address the process of change in any of those areas without talking about leadership. Leadership is the reason change initiatives succeed or fail. They are the enablers or the barriers. So we'll start with those issues but I am sure that the focus will change over time.
So let me ask you this. What one or two things do you think need to be changed? In your personal life, professional career, local community, or the world we live in that would really improve the quality of your life, place of business, the city where you live, or the planet that we share? After that, let's see what we can do to change it...
