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4 Things That I Learned About Change From The Orange Revolution

Digital Tonto

The Orange Revolution in 2004 changed that. The post 4 Things That I Learned About Change From The Orange Revolution first appeared on Digital Tonto. So why worry or complain about things that you couldn’t do anything about anyway? It seemed better to focus on things close to you; your family, your work, your friends.

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Four Transformation Secrets Business Leaders Can Learn from Social and Political Movements

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Greg Satell In 2004, I was managing a major news organization during the Orange Revolution in Ukraine. One of the things I noticed was that thousands of people, who would normally be doing thousands of different things, would stop what they were doing and start doing the same things all at once, […]

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Self-Righteousness Isn’t A Strategy

Digital Tonto

I first noticed this in the aftermath of the Ukraine’s Orange Revolution in 2004. The truth is to bring about lasting change you need to learn to love your haters. You Need To Learn It. So we feel the urge to lash out and silence opposition. That almost guarantees a failure to survive victory.

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3 Strategies To Overcome Resistance To Change

Digital Tonto

It was Russia’s poisoning of Viktor Yushchenko in 2004 that set Ukraine on a different path. Through sound strategies, you can learn to leverage opposition to further your change initiative. It was the brutality of Bull Connor’s tactics in Birmingham that paved the way for the Civil Rights Act in 1964.

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How “True Believers” Can Undermine Change

Digital Tonto

I first noticed this in the aftermath of the Ukraine’s Orange Revolution in 2004. The truth is to bring about lasting change you need to learn to love your haters. So we feel the urge to lash out and silence opposition. That almost guarantees a failure to survive victory.

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Bill Belichick on Now vs Next

Stephen Shapiro

In 2004, the team broke all records for the longest winning streak in the National Football League history: 21 games in a row. They did not worry about the past; although they could learn from it, they couldn’t change what had already happened. This was an amazing accomplishment, especially in today’s environment of free agents.

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4 Things Leaders Can Learn About Transformation from Social and Political Movements

Innovation Excellence

In 2004, I was managing a major news organization during the Orange Revolution in Ukraine. One of the things I noticed was that thousands of people, who would normally be doing thousands of different things, would stop what they were doing and start doing the same things all at once, in nearly complete unison, with.