In this episode, we’re going to pick up from where we left off last time to talk more about office politics, because, unfortunately, there’s always more to talk about. And we’ll focus a little more here on how to deal with them.Show Notes:* The Difficulty Lies Not So Much in Developing New Ideas as in Escaping from Old Ones.* People are creatures of habit* Uncertainty scares folks* You Never Change Things by Fighting the Existing Reality. To Change Something, Build a New Model that Makes the Existing Model Obsolete. – Buckminster Fuller, architect, author, designer, inventor & futurist* Cab companies were never going to change, so Uber filled the void* Clear alternatives are the only ones that have a shot of making more than just incremental change* If You Want to Make Enemies, Try to Change Something. — Woodrow Wilson* The irrational anger people have around change makes it tough to implement* As superior as whatever change you’re offering might be, don’t expect to be greeted as a conquering hero, there will be resistance* 8 Steps for Leading Change* Harvard Megabrain, Professor John Kotter, came up with this simple process, and I’ve been using it to my advantage for years* Consider this process your blueprint for change* Make People Part of the Change. If They Don’t Create It, They’ll Feel Threatened By It. And if They Feel Threatened, They’ll Fight Back. – Joe Brown, IDEO Portfolio Director* If You Want to Make Everyone Happy, Don’t Be a Leader—Sell Ice Cream. – Steve Jobs, Founder of Apple, Nudger of the Universe* What Are You Willing to Give Up to Get What You Want?* Strategy is choice* When you say yes to one thing, you’re automatically saying no to another. Accept it.* When They Discover the Center of the Universe, a Lot of People Are Going to be Very Disappointed that They Are Not It* You Will Never Truly Be Successful Until You Learn to Give Beyond Yourself. – Will Ferrell, Comedian & Provocateur* Be Who You Needed When You Were Younger* Back in the day, you probably didn’t receive half the help you could have used. Now you can rectify that.* Pay it forward. You’ll help others and yourself by reminding yourself of the things that helped you in your success or held you back from it.Transcript:Welcome to Episode 4 of Navigating the Fustercluck—a podcast full of snackable insights to help you navigate the love/hate world of creativity.My name is Wegs, like eggs with a W, joining you from Deaf Mule Studios in Dallas, and whether you work in advertising, design, gaming, fine art, commercial art, content creation, whatever it may be, we’re here to talk about leadership, or at least what passes for leadership these days.On this episode we’ll pick up where we left off last time, taking on some of the issues of leadership, or the lack of it. It’s a huge issue, so there’s a lot to cover. Hold on to your seats, my friends.Last time, we talked about the role vision and change play in leadership. How core values never change, but their definitions do. For example, the American Founding Fathers declared that “All men are created equal.” Except people of color worth only 3/5ths a white male. And women weren’t exactly equal either. (Sadly, we still have equality issues.) But again, values stay put, but there definitions change. That’s why established companies often stop moving forward. They haven’t refreshed their values. As legendary economist John Maynard Keynes said…The Difficulty Lies Not So Much in Developing New Ideas as in Escaping from    Old Ones. Have you ever waited anxiously for your leadership team to introduce the “new way” forward, only to hear what sounds quite familiar to what you’re already doing? No surprise, we love the familiar. It’s comforting. It’s understandable. It works. Or at least, it used to work.