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Why Change is Hard

Switch by Chip Heath

August 23, 2019 by Classic 3 Comments

So this is the first of the books I had to read for my training this summer. I have to say that “Switch” was my favorite just because it really gets down into why change is hard for people and organizations. And it shows how small changes can build into such big successes. I am at an organization right now going through some upheaval since our boss was let go after our employee feedback survey and overall morale dropped over three years. Of course looking […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: Business, Chip Heath, Dan Heath, Leadership, Pyschology, Self-help, Switch

Classic's CBR11 Review No:199 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: Business, Chip Heath, Dan Heath, Leadership, Pyschology, Self-help, Switch ·
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I’m a meek rider on a distracted elephant

Switch by Dan Heath, Chip Heath

June 10, 2019 by octothorp Leave a Comment

Full disclosure, I’m predisposed to love this kind of book.  Malcolm Gladwell’s rise to popularity was a boon to me as I love research into what makes people behave as they do, en masse and as individuals.  Behavioral economics is my jam. I wasn’t as thrilled by the last Heath brothers book I read, The Power of Moments, as it didn’t feel as substantive as Built to Stick, their expansion on Gladwell’s “stickiness” requirement for ideas to “tip” in The Tipping Point. This is something […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: Chip Heath, Dan Heath, johnathan Haidt, Malcolm Gladwell

octothorp's CBR11 Review No:41 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: Chip Heath, Dan Heath, johnathan Haidt, Malcolm Gladwell ·
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