Making Shift Happen - 180 Seconds @ a Time

Our world has dramatically changed over the past few weeks.  At the time of this recording, 20% of the US population is under "shelter in place" orders.  Companies are scrambling to figure out how to keep serving their customers, and, in many cases, just how to survive.

In this episode, Kristy Braden and Brad Smith discuss this inflection point in our history, and what companies and leaders at all levels are doing to lead what's next in the midst of uncertainty.

For more information on making shift happen during times of volatility, or to check out any of our other podcast episodes, please visit the Inflection Point Leadership website at iplshifthappens.com.

In this special "double-episode" Brad Smith welcomes Tom Knowlton, Corporate Practice Leader at TCC Group.  TCC collaborates with foundations, nonprofits, and companies to solve complex social problems.  Tom and his team work with companies to strengthen and achieve their corporate citizenship goals and to maximize the actual social impact of their efforts.

Tom discusses the trends of Corporate Social Responsibility, and what leaders can do to start making shift happen in their efforts to make a lasting difference to society.

To learn more about Tom's perspectives and services, feel free to contact him at [email protected].  For more information about Inflection Point Leadership and what you can do to further equip yourself and your organization to lead what's next, visit our website: iplshifthappens.com. 

This week, we're starting our "Talking Shift With..." series of discussions with specialists in their field who are helping companies, teams, and/or executives lead what's next. 

In this episode, Kristy and Brad chat with Cindy Geier, founder of CLG Coaching & Consulting.  Cindy is a success coach, seasoned facilitator and trainer, and former colleague of both Kristy Braden and Brad Smith at Takeda Pharmaceuticals.

Continuing on our last few episodes devoted to Values, Cindy offers a Value that she holds dear and that has become even more important in these volatile times:  GRATITUDE.

Cindy describes her own habits to include Gratitude in her daily life, and tips for leaders on how to bring more gratitude to the workplace.

For more information about Cindy and her firm, visit CindyGeier.com.    As always, for more information about Inflection Point Leadership, including resources to help you make shift happen, visit iplshifthappens.com.

Does your team get mired down in trying to make the "perfect" decision?
Is your organization losing pace with shifts in the business landscape because it's taking to long to get products / solutions to market?

In our 20th episode, Kristy Braden and Brad Smith, co-founders of Inflection Point Leadership, reflect on how the evolution of this podcast reflects a concept that we've used to help organizations and teams bring more agility and speed to decision-making and design processes:  "Safe to Try" and "Safe to Try, If."

For more information on Core Values, and on the content for any of our podcast episodes, please visit the Inflection Point Leadership website at iplshifthappens.com.

In this episode, Brad Smith, co-founder of Inflection Point Leadership continues the discussion of the Core Values, focusing on Innovation, including:

• How companies define "innovation" in the context of what they expect from all employees.
  
  
• The value of emphasizing innovation as an organizational guiding principle
  
  
• How Blockbuster Video and Netflix both emphasized innovation when they simultaneously hit a major inflection point, but their paths forward couldn't have been more different.
  
  
• A twist to innovation that truly differentiates the ability to lead what's next: "Applied Curiosity"
  
  
• What you can do to unleash curiosity for yourself and your organization.

For more information on Core Values, and on the content for any of our podcast episodes, please visit the Inflection Point Leadership website at iplshifthappens.com.

In this episode, Kristy Braden continues the discussion of the Values, focusing on Happiness.  

• Why would an organization have Happiness as one of its Core Values?  
• How does an organization define "Happiness" as a Value?
• What are some examples that you can can bring more happiness into the workplace?

For more information on Core Values, and on the content for any of our podcast episodes, please visit the Inflection Point Leadership website at iplshifthappens.com.

In this episode, Brad Smith continues the discussion of the value of Values from the perspective of events that shaped the past week:  The untimely deaths of Kobe Bryant, his daughter, and seven others, all with shared values, and the impeachment hearings which seemed to have lacked several values.

Brad then talks through another of the Core Values of an organization that's trying to weave its Values into the DNA of its workforce:  Trust.

In this and the next few episodes, Kristy and Brad will discuss the one thing that is intended to stay constant in the midst of volatility and rapid change:  Core Values.

Organizations (and individuals) use Core Values to articulate the foundational beliefs and behaviors that are to guide decisions, actions, and behaviors.  Often, however, such Core Values are merely a poster on the wall.  

Brad and Kristy talk through the Core Values of one organization that's trying to go from the wall to the heart.  This episode delves into the value of Radical Candor.

2020 will be a year of volatility, and no one truly knows what our business, political, and social environment will look like 2-3 year from now.  Yet organization and team still need to craft strategic plans in order to set and move toward a longer-term vision.

In this episode, Kristy and Brad discuss the What and How of strategic planning within an age of volatility.  For more information on IPL's "What's Next Strategic Planning Workshop" approach, visit our website - iplshifthappens.com.

In this first episode of the decade, Brad and Kristy give their predictions for 2020, and offer a few tips on what you can do to lead what's next in the context of these predicted business conditions.