We’re All Responsible for Reinvention
03.22.2005 | Chris Bailey | Focused on Career,WorkrThe ever-Soulful Rosa Say has gotten some of us Ho’ohana Community members to offer our thoughts on Visible Reinvention in Action this week. Wow, it’s already gotten off to a great start! Here’s the lineup for the week:
Monday
Lisa Haneberg of Management Craft
post: We Should Reinvent Staff Meetings!
Tuesday
Yvonne DiVita of Lip-Sticking
post: Reinvention, Change, and Innovation
Wednesday
Anita Campbell of Small Business Trends
post: Reinvent Your Online Strategy – 3 Ways to Start
Thursday
Christopher Bailey of Alchemy of Soulful Work
post: Let’s Reinvent Professional Development In Our Organizations
Friday
K. Todd Storch of Business Thoughts
post: Reinvention…Buzz Word For Laziness
Saturday
Wayne Hurlbert of Blog Business World
Post: Reinvention: Whole Business Marketing
Six different posts from six very different thinkers. But, it doesn’t need to stop there. The fact is that We’re All Responsible for Reinvention. Let that sink in. I find myself dismayed when I read blog posts and comments from folks who write in the vein of: things will never get better, companies will always exploit their workers, managers are just untrustworthy, and so on. Know what? They sure will if we just roll over and play dead. And that’s a choice we all get to make.
Another choice is to say: "Okay, this isn’t what I want to see in the world, where can I get started in reinventing a better way?" Tired of being treated poorly by your company? Leave and find one that treats you with dignity and respect (they’re out there if you just look – I’m interviewing with one right now). Angry about being downsized or finding your position offshored? Get over it and take responsibility for making sure that you’re marketable in the workplace.
Peter Block urges us to stop seeking hope out there. Don’t wait for someone to come along and make things better for you; have the courage to do it yourself. Again, Block writes:
If we continue to pursue hope then we had best become a producer of it, rather than a consumer of it. Let it be an offer rather than a demand.
So, what are you going to commit to reinvent around you today?
5 Responses to “We’re All Responsible for Reinvention”
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Amen Chris!
Take responsibility and get it done.
Like my grandfather taught me, ‘It isn’t the things that happen to you that matters; it’s how you respond to it that does’.
Thank you for the post!
Todd
Well said Chris, well said.
Let’s all do our part to stop whining and complaining and be part of the reinvention movement by taking personal part in it.
Mahalo nui for your optimistic and encouraging post,
Rosa
I’m all about re-invention! What frustrates me most are killer statements like – why change it’s always worked in the past! Without reinvention – we would see no progress in life!
G
This is getting a nice bit of attention. Rosa has opened a box of surprises for all. The true value is in this wonderful exchange of ideas. I often find it frustrating when people ask me how I accomplished what I have…the short answer is: I did it. The long answer is: When times got tough, I reinvented– to make myself more relevant– to embrace change. Makes so much difference.
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