Dejan’s a founder, activist, thought leader, and lecturer at Zurich University of Applied Sciences. His consultancy Brand Culture supports companies such as AMAG Corporate Services AG on future modelling, future work design, and culture change during digital transformation.
#9 in short:
Change is tough and at times confusing. How can we make it fun?
We discuss the importance of doing the foundational work to find consensus on the problem to be solved—defining a strong why—, and how mindset ensures sustainable transformation. Through our conversations it becomes clear that including our emotions is paramount to innovation, whether it's in workshops or in daily work activities. He provides insights and tools to develop growth mindsets, and leverage emotions for creativity, making change a more fun and inviting process.
Take Aways to Make Change Fun:
#1 Strong Why: Engage people to discuss "Why are we digitizing, innovating, or changing?" Consensus and clarity help avoid frustration.
#2 Growth Mindset: Get excited to learn and take others along with you by modelling openness and growth mindset behavior.
#3 Mindfulness: Tap into emotions to uncover doubts and insecurities to un-block fear and heighten creativity: Lego Serious Play is an option inclusive of emotions by storytelling; another are meeting check-ins, allowing for "emotional offloading” to reduce cortisol and cool our brain.
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