Adam MarkelInternational Keynote Speaker On Resilience

Unlocking Transformation The Power of Incremental Change #shorts

Name: Unlocking Transformation The Power of Incremental Change #shorts
Uploaded: 2023-08-09T23:12:15+00:00
Duration: 50 s
Channel: Adam Markel
Description: A short YouTube clip in which Adam Markel highlights the transformative power of incremental change — small, consistent shifts ("1%", "1 degree") —…

9 Aug 2023 · 1 min

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A short YouTube clip in which Adam Markel highlights the transformative power of incremental change — small, consistent shifts ("1%", "1 degree") — invoking the law of small differences/the butterfly effect. He introduces an anecdote about "Dave" implementing seemingly minor operational changes (changing pillowcases, vacuuming under beds) for a long-failing team that had not won a gold medal in nine decades, to illustrate how tiny adjustments can spark major turnarounds.

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You see what change can look like. It's not massive change we're talking about. It's incremental change. It's 1%. It's 1 degree change that creates transformation. Sometimes it's called the law of small differences or the butterfly effect. We're going to play this video for you so you can hear it from Dave's own lips. Pay attention. He's got a change. And coming into an organization that's been. Yeah. Failing for so long. And what you insist upon is that we change out the pillowcases and we hoover under the beds. Or hoover under the beds. This is 20 years ago, by the way. Think about how prophetic that was. But you have to pay. You're approving a budget that includes those things for a team that has not won a gold medal in nine decades.