Only one thing matters: Making a Difference. Here's the Duck's theory of the moment on things you need and perspectives you need as a precondition to changing almost anything.
Without a Robust Model of how things work you are going to struggle Make a Difference. So collecting models and frameworks of how things work is really useful. Next you need some Useful Tools and Techniques that have a chance of making change happen.
We all want to see change at the 'strategic' level and it can be very compelling to think about Making a Difference at the level of Enterprises, Communities, Industries and the World.
But everything is local and change and making a difference starts local. The hands and heads and harts of the people who have to do the things to make a difference are local. The Difference we want to make impacts people individually and in groups.
So if you want to Make a Difference at the 'big picture' level you better take into account that the 'big picture' starts with Individuals and Groups. In fact there is a system relationship between change at Individual and Group levels and change at Enterprise, Community and Industy levels. You won't do the big picture without acting locally.
If 90% of success is turning up then it ought to be easy to Make a Difference. The other 10% is being Relevant to the context where you want to make a Difference and Compelling about what's to be done and why.
That's what the Duck tries to do. Find Relevant Models that help explain what is going on. Find Useful Tools and Techniques that help make Change Compelling. Find the pathway to link the Individual and Group with the Enterprise, Community and Industry so that we all Make a Difference.
Please tell me what's missing and help me make it more and more relevant.
Bath Time Questions: Where am I trying to make a difference? Is my model of how it works and should work 'Robust"? Are the tools and techniques I plan to use "Useful"? Have I thought enough about the Individuals and Group I need to drive the change?
