Robin Sharma – The Monk who Sold his Ferrari

In this excellent and funny TED short TED video Derek Sivers shows how a movement can be created. Worth keeping in mind when we’re trying to energise a change and it helps to explain how one person can trigger a global phenomenon. Whenever we think we’re too small or insignificant to make a change, it’s also worth remembering there are plenty of historical examples to inspire us such as Rosa Parks, Mahatma Ghandi, Nelson Mandela and, more recently, Greta Thunberg to name just a few.  

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Rory Sutherland discusses how our perception of things shapes our reality. This is an area of increasing focus for behavioural economics and in business. Understanding how we really behave and how irrational we are means that seemingly small and inexpensive changes can have a disproportionate effect on our behaviour and therefore the outcomes that result from it.

We all need a reason to change, something that drives us right now. Creating a strong desire to change is critical to successful outcomes.

Fossil fuel based energy is still the cheaper option for most consumers despite renewables being cheaper to produce. This talk focuses on why that is and discusses the treaty that’s gathering momentum to fix it.

Change Management is the collection of approaches and methods used to influence human behaviour. There are countless models and books on the topic so we’ve summarised some of the main ones here.