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On being impactful and the human condition by Jo Singel

  



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In order for any of our interventions to be impactful, we must face certain truths about the human condition: the need to be right; to be in control and to look good.


David Gurteen's comments: Several people have misinterpreted this statement. Jo is saying that these human "failings" get in the way of being impactful not that they are necessary to achieve things! She passed the statement to me on a piece of paper while we were sitting in a conference listening to an articulate "suit" with a deck of "corporate slides" fend off questions from the audience.

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 In order for any of our interventions to be impactful, we must face certain truths about the human condition: the need to be right; to be in control and to look good.

Jo Singel



 What I've come to understand and appreciate is that expressing feelings to trusting people is both a public act and a responsibility. It is cleansing, healing and critical to our own growth and to those around us, including our families and communities.

Jo Singel
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 KM initiatives should be designed to disrupt current established: belief systems; unexamined assumptions; hypocrisies and entrenched thinking in order to create deep change in people/organizational systems.

Jo Singel



If you are interested in Knowledge Management, the Knowledge Café or the role of conversation in organizational life then you my be interested in this online book I am writing on Conversational Leadership
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