Monday, April 29, 2013

Upcoming Change Agent: Events

There is a lot happening in the next week. Here is the
rundown:


What: ATEN Exchange Fair at Learning Man
When and Where:  Saturday, May 4, 11 am to 4 pm Where: Soma Vida Work/Life Balance Wellness Center, 1210 Rosewood Avenue
The Austin Time Exchange Network (ATEN) supports an alternative currency “bank” that allows members to provide services for each other in exchange for time credits (Hours) that can be traded with any other member of the network. Membership is FREE.

~ My PRESENTATIONS~

Don’t’ call it Money!  - This is about why dollars are NOT money, they are currency; and why things like time can be a currency, too. This will be short, 15-20 minutes and I will repeat if there is interest. 11:30 am
What is a Change Agent, anyway?  - This is an invitation to become a Change Agent and learn to thrive in the current environment of massive change. 12:30 pm

Creating a Personal Vision - Having a Personal Vision is a key part of creating the personal vehicle that allows you to navigate all the change going on in the world. 2pm

Workshops have limited capacity. Sign up, ask questions or get more information by emailing: atenexchangefair@gmail.com A schedule of all the workshops can be found at:   http://wp.me/PvHIQ-54
What: Web Site Launch!
When and Where:  May 1 - Online ChangeAgentPublications.com
The new website will become a hub and valuable resource for communities of Change Agents!

What: Part Two of Become a Change Agent available for free Kindle download
When and Where:  May 3-5 Where: Online at Free Kindle readers for most devices can be downloaded from Amazon.com:
Contact me on Facebook: cliff.collard@facebook.com  or Twitter:   @CliffChange

Monday, April 22, 2013

Top 25 news stories that didn't make the News in 2012


This list is worth reading.  Many of the stories have important implications for Change Agents! Click the symbol to check it out.



Friday, April 5, 2013

The 80/20 rule revisited


I have written about the 80/20 rule both in this blog and in my books.  It is a useful tool for may situations.

I learned something new about it today. It is also called Pareto Principle, after 19th Century thinker Vilfedo Pareto. He described the distribution of probable results and options as a mathematical function that is then graphed.

The resulting graph gets divided into the vital few and the trivial many.

Thanks to ongoing ITIL training for this insight!