Making Change
The idea that change is the only constant has been around since something like 500 BC.
We apply it as logic when we want to feel validated. We use it to provide comfort when the unexpected arises. We let it remove guilt when we don’t see things coming. We use it as the impetus for trying to get ahead of change itself. How does it help you in your work or your life?
For me, it keeps me in motion. It helps me think about my beliefs and practices as things that can and should evolve. It helps me think about my work in experiments and engagements, especially as a specialist with particular expertise. It forms my approach to problem-solving and boundary-setting. It is an invitation to be intentional but not hold things too tightly.
Change fascinates me, having had the opportunity to study it through the lens of politics, community, creativity, operations, organizing, and strategic implementation. How groups of people activate and manage change is historical and speculative. I have learned I am adeptly skilled at this kind of study due to my sociology and communications backgrounds in combination with my people-personness and charisma.
I believe, and many of my teachers along the way believe, that concepts and ideas don’t create change. Neither do policies and processes. They are just the scaffolding. People are the activators of change. We shape and design the invitations that engage individuals and collective groups in becoming the next, best versions of themselves.
People encourage different, cross-sectional conversations. People meet folks where they are at. People find solutions that enable baby steps as well as big visionary thinking. People bridge the gap between reality and imagination.
I believe I am one of those people. I know I want to be one of those people and I want to help others who have the ambition to step into these spaces as well.
So, if you are in need or are looking for someone to:
Exchange change-focused resources
Engage in a space where change is welcome
Connect with someone about New Leaders Council
Design a change-oriented workshop for your team or company
Just bounce ideas around with
Shoot me a message.
It can be nearly impossible to change things when we are feeling isolated or unengaged in the conversation.
The most radical project we could ever engage in during our lives is the project of embodiment. This is the most radical act because there is no liberation without the union of mind and body.
— Lama Rad Owens