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Two Stones, a Couple of Holes, and a Stick
Aug 12th
While writing our latest Special Report, “Viral Accountability™: When ‘Good Enough’ is NOT an Option,” I began to discuss how at live presentations, I’ve had participants come up to me afterward and say something like, “You know, there really isn’t anything new here, but the way you’ve put it all together…now I get it!”
It struck me that thousands of years ago there were plenty of rocks and sticks lying around. We know from artifacts that ancient peoples knew how to bore holes in things. Then one day someone came along and put these pieces together.
He took two round stones, bored holes in them, rammed a stick through the holes in each one, and…changed the world. It would come to be called…the wheel. Yes- all the pieces had been lying around. It was the way they were put together that changed EVERYTHING.
This is exactly what Viral Accountability™ is- pieces put together in an entirely new way.
For those of us who embrace it, it’s the end of the world as we’ve known it- the beginning of a new generation of human error reduction, safety enhancment, and performance improvement.
The Special Report is available for your FREE download here.
Enjoy.
Until next time,
-Tim
The Future of Human Performance: Viral Accountability
Jul 28th
Today’s video introduces the future of human error reduction, safety improvement, and lean / six sigma breakthrough success. It’s forum will be HU-2.0. It’s essence, the “crux of the biscuit” if you will, is…Viral Accountability™
Having watched the video, I hope you now have a feel for where things are headed in the world of human performance, safety in the workplace, and performance improvement initiatives (such as lean).
What should you do now?
First, grab a copy of Leandro Herrero’s book, Viral Change
Second, download the Code of Honor Exercise Guide by clicking here.
Third, if you want to know more about Viral Accountability™, reserve your copy here: Viral Accountability™: When ‘Good Enough’ is NOT an Option.
Fourth, TAKE ACTION. In this HU-2.0 intro video series, you’ve been given some incredibly powerful insights and tools that you can put to use immediately. But the greatest knowledge and most powerful tools are useless if not put to use.
As performance improvement and safety professionals, we have a wonderful opportunity to [literally] make the world a better and safer place.
Let me know your thoughts, questions, and comments using the COMMENTS Section below.
For freedom from error,
-Tim
P.S. Be watching your email and this blog for info on the official release of HU-2.0.
P.P.S If you’d like a page with links to this entire HU-2.0 Intro Series (including links for all of the downloads), click here.
Gray Elephants (How to Change the Culture of Your Organization)
Jul 23rd
QUESTION: How do you get people to do what they should be doing when no one else is watching?
ANSWER: It must come from within. Ultimately, the individual must WANT to do it.
QUESTION: So then, how can you get people to WANT to do it?
ANSWER: By impacting their mindset and perceptions about what “it” is.
QUESTION: How do you do that?
ANSWER: Watch the video.
QUESTION: What does this have to do with changing the culture?
ANSWER: EVERYTHING
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Here’s the “Cliff’s Notes” Version:
- Within each and every person, thoughts generate feelings and feelings manifest as behaviors.
- Behaviors determine WHAT a person does and HOW he or she does it.
- The way to influence a person’s behaviors is ultimately by influencing their thoughts.
- Your opportunity for influencing a person’s thoughts is through impacting their mindset and perceptions.
- The only effective mechanism for impacting mindset and perception is through the EXPERIENCES you provide to the individual.
So- onto Culture…
- If you take the cumulative behaviors of the individuals who make up your team, department, organization, etc., this creates its CULTURE
- CULTURE DETERMINES RESULTS
In Summary…
- The EXPERIENCES you are providing to the members of your organization are determining their BEHAVIORS.
- These combined BEHAVIORS determine your CULTURE
- Your CULTURE determines your RESULTS
Want more details on three recent SUCCESS STORIES we received from organizations who are Practicing Perfection? Grab them here.
HU-2.0 is on it’s way, and it’s going to change EVERYTHING about how we approach human performance, error reduction, safety improvement, and quality.
In the next couple of days, I’m going to be introducing a whole new piece entitled, “HU Sigma.”
Until then, here’s a great thought ( a quote from John Wesley):
“Do all the good you can,
By all the means you can,
In all the ways you can,
In all the places you can,
At all the times you can,
To all the people you can,
As long as ever you can.”
This is a GREAT business to be part of, isn’t it?
For freedom from error,
P.S. You can view the entire HU-2.0 Introductory Series (thus far), including links to all of the downloads by clicking here.
