Outrunning the Tsunami of Change:

7 Rules of Leadership in a World of Unknowns

7 Rules

1. Law of the S-Curve 2. Manage the Boat3. Kitchen Culture Rules4. Leadership Triangle5. Grief Counseling 6. Exiting the Bubble (silo busting)7. Find Your Sweet Spot

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K12 MindShiftTransforming Public Education

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Hall of Fame

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THE BIG SHORT BEGINS

it is 2000…

2005change of strategy

April 2008

401K to 201K

What did he see?

New Rules = New Game

• The Game Changed – S.T.E.P.– Social – Congress – home ownership– Technology - derivatives– Economics - cheap Chinese dollars = cheap credit– Politics – no doc/low doc

• Policy always lags capabilities

• Gaming the System (credit default swaps)• Cycle Time - 5 year ARM• Event Triggers – Lehman collapse• The Opposite Effect – Greenspan predicts

Why did he see it?

Aspergers

$1.00 = $500$1.00 = $.50

Time for a Poll

How you experienced any of these in the last 5 years? 1. A new job2. A new boss3. A new career4. A new owner5. Your company closed its doors or merged6. A health crisis for yourself or family member

An Era of Smooth Sailing

Now More Like the North Seas

Time for a Poll

• When do you think the next major national crisis will happen?– 2016– 2017– 2018– 2019– 2020– No time soon

• What will the nature of the crisis be?– Economic– Crazy Election– Terrorism– Global crisis or war– Environmental– Security/Privacy

• How could this effect your club?

Rule 1: Law of The S-Curve

S-Curve Exercise

• What have you been doing the same way for more than 5 years?

• Where has growth leveled off or declined?• What is costing more but returning less?• Where are you getting higher growth or

returns?• What new experiments are you investing in?

Rule 2: Manage the Boat

Engagement

Lost Productivity$1.6 Trillion

50% of office space is wasted or underutilized

Give a Damn Factor

The discretionary effort you give beyond your job and beyond what your boss tells you to do.

Manage the Boat

C.A.V.E. Dweller

Rule 3: Kitchen Culture Rules

When You’re Not There?

The invisible attitudes, values, behaviors and habits that run the place when you’re not there.

Front of the House Culture

Kitchen Culture

Healthy by

Default

Healthy by

Design

Unhealthy by

Default

Unhealthy

byDesign

Designing Culture

• What attitudes, values, behaviors and habits are vital to accomplishing the mission?

• What are the current attitudes, values, behaviors and habits?

• What are we doing that reinforce the current culture?

• How do we disrupt, change and redefine the culture we want?

Culture Journal

At our Best• Sally went out of her

way to help Bill– Care– Pride

• Jim pulled four people together to solve a nagging problem– Initiative– Ownership

Really?• Robert was abrupt with

Tim and said “it was his problem.” – Narrow interest– Rude

• Linda took credit for work that I saw her team pull together.– Insecure– Self-Interest

Rule 4: Leadership Triangle

Accidental Change Agents

Rule 5: Leadership is grief counseling in disguise.

Culture hates

surprises!

Intentional Change Agents

BY DESIGN

Rule 6: Exiting the BubbleThe Big Idea Exercise

1. Barista-ification2. 4 Seasons-ification3. We-Work-ification4. Uber-ification5. Liquidspace-ification6. Pandora-fication7. Amazon-ification8. Facebook-ification9. Meetup-ification10. LinkedIn-ification

Barista-fication of Your Club?

4 Seasons-ification & Google?

We-Workification?

Your Turn1. Barista-ification2. 4 Seasons-ification3. We-Work-ification4. Uber-ification5. Liquidspace-ification6. Pandora-fication7. Amazon-ification8. Facebook-ification9. Meetup-ification10. LinkedIn-ification

Rule 7: Finding Your Sweet Spot

Olympic Pole Vault Team

Fun with Social Media

7 Rules

1. Law of the S-Curve 2. Manage the Boat3. Kitchen Culture Rules4. Leadership Triangle5. Grief Counseling 6. Exiting the Bubble (silo busting)7. Find Your Sweet Spot

Are You Ready and Gamed?

• 1 to 10: How Ready Do I Feel?

• 1 to 10: How Ready is My Club?

• What are 3 things I will take action on?

• What are 3 things my club needs to prepare

for?

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