2. Top down initiatives are viewed as personal attacks

When confronted with a need for change either personally or professionally most people don’t differentiate “what they did” from “who they are”.  Instead of focusing their creative resources to battle an outside enemy people view a “demand” for change as a judgment against them personally.  Lasting transformation within complex social systems cannot and should not be dictated from the top down or outside in.  The following Seven “Red Shoe Snapshots” will help you keep your “transformational travels” right on track.

1-No news is not good news

2-Top down initiatives are viewed as personal attacks

3-Transformers resist positional power

4-The best solutions come from within

5-Success lies not in the validity of our answers, but the quality of our questions.

6-Lasting change is not about revolution but evolution

7-To reduce stress increase control