In this episode of Partnering Leadership, Greg Satell, writer, speaker, innovation advisor, an expert on transformational change, and author of Cascades, shares lessons on how leaders can lead transformation in their organizations and the community.  Greg Satell shares lessons learned from past transformations and how leaders can help lead change in organizations, especially through ongoing disruption.

Some highlights:

-Why Greg Satell moved to Poland and what it was like living in a post-communist country

-How the Orange Revolution transformed Greg Satell’s perspective on change

-‘Viral cascades’ and how leaders can use the understanding to drive transformational change in organizations

-Greg Satell on the value of shared Purpose and Shared Values

-How to best deal with fierce oppositions when driving change

-How to empower people to succeed on their own terms

-Gregg Satell on why Blockbuster failed to adapt and change and lessons for leaders of transformation

Mentioned in this episode:

Duncan J. Watts, sociologist 

Steven Strogatz, mathematician

Albert-László Barabási, physicist

Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire by Rebecca M. Henderson

Prosperity: Better Business Makes the Greater Good by Colin Mayer

Louis V. Gerstner Jr., former chairman of the board and chief executive officer of IBM

Immanuel Kant, philosopher

Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World by Stanley A. McChrystal and Chris Fussell

One Mission: How Leaders Build a Team of Teams by Charles Goodyear and Chris Fussell

John F. Antioco, former CEO of Blockbuster and chairman of Red Mango

Carl Icahn, former CEO of Blockbuster and founder and controlling shareholder of Icahn Enterprises

Mapping Innovation: A Playbook for Navigating a Disruptive Age by Greg Satell

Adversaries Into Allies: Win People Over Without Manipulation Or Coercion by Bob Burg

The Halo Effect by Phil Rosenzweig

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Connect with Greg Satell:

Cascades on Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Cascades-Create-Movement-Drives-Transformational/dp/1260454010)

Greg Satell’s Website (https://www.gregsatell.com/)

Digital Tonto Website (https://digitaltonto.com/)

Greg Satell on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregsatell/)

Greg Satell on Clubhouse (https://clubhousedb.com/user/gregsatell)

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