From Chaos To Clarity Allison Blankenship

From Chaos to Clarity
Adapt, Prosper and Succeed in
Times of Change

Allison Blankenship
Author, Strategist & Consultant
Precision Speaking, Inc.
©2009 Allison Blankenship
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The “Not-Known” is the
New Norm

1. “Toto, we’re not in Kansas anymore…”

2. “Not-known” vs. unknown

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New Norm
Rate of change due to technology

– According to trends futurist Faith Popcorn of
The Popcorn Report, we are experiencing 100
years of change within a 5-year period; this
period accelerates again beginning in 2010

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New Norm
Multiple career opportunities in a lifetime

– The US Department of Labor estimates that a
college graduate in 2010 will average 8
different careers in their lifetime

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New Norm
“The Rules” are changing

– A multi-generational workforce is creating a
new blend of old and new values. Identifying
the new rules can make the difference
between success and survival

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The Rules Are Changing
Old Rule New Rule
• Loyal to a brand • Loyal to a network
• Media advertising is • “Reviewing” is the
key new advertising
• Stay with the tried & • Innovation and
true creativity rule
• Work 40 hours a • Do whatever it takes
week with occasional to get the job done
overtime
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A Time of Correction?
“The recession came at the best time it
could because it has given the US a
chance to make permanent adjustments to
the government’s economic and
regulatory policies and has offered
businesses and individuals the opportunity
to change decades-old habits.”
-- Douglas McIntyre
Newsweek Magazine, 8/18/09
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INC. Magazines 10-Year Top
Industry Growth Predictions

1. Healthcare 6. Transportation &
2. Technology Warehousing
3. Recreation & Fitness 7. Construction
4. Finance 8. Arts & Entertainment
5. Public Sector

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Women-Owned Businesses
• 10.1 million firms are 75% owned by women
• Employ 13 million people
• Generate $1.9 trillion in sales (2008)
• Represent 1 in 5 firms with a revenue of
$1million plus
• Generate $165 billion by women of color

-- Center for Women’s Business Research
2009
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“Change is the law of life and those
who look only to the past are certain
to miss the future.”

-- John F. Kennedy

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Create the Mindset to Adapt,
Prosper and Succeed
1. Get comfortable with the
uncomfortable…

2. Never waste a good crisis

3. Move from fearful to fearless

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"To make deep personal change is to develop a
new paradigm, a new self, one that is more
effectively aligned with today's realities. This
can occur only if we are willing to journey into
unknown territory and confront the wicked
problems we encounter.
This journey does not follow the assumptions of
rational planning. The objective may not be
clear and the path is not paved with familiar
procedures. This tortuous journey requires that
we leave our comfort zone and step outside our
normal roles. In doing so, we learn the
paradoxical lesson that we can change the world
only by changing ourselves.”
-- Robert Quinn in Deep Change 800-664-7641

“Risk without knowledge is
dangerous.
Knowledge without action is a
waste of time.
Action without risk is
mediocrity.”
-- Gail Cohen
Thinking Outside the Lines
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“Crisis may be your defining moment.”

-- Bill George
7 Lessons for Leading in Crisis

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“The secret of success is to be
ready for when your time
comes.”

-- Benjamin Disraeli

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Fear-Based Thinking Encourages:
1. A loss of critical thinking skills

2. Acceptance of rampant bad behavior

3. The need to be right at all times

4. A reactive vs. proactive environment
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“When we are no longer able to
change a situation, we are
challenged to change ourselves.”

--Victor Frankel

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Take the Steps

1. Connect core strengths

2. Become a student of adaptability

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What is our defining
product and/or
service?
1
How sustainable What
is our message 4 POWER 2 distinguishes
and perceived CORE our company
value? or product?

3
How can we
communicate the
benefits of working
with our organization?

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“We were excellent at making a living
but all too often failed at making a life.
We celebrated property but yearned
for purpose. We cherished our
freedoms but longed for connection.
In an age of plenty, we were feeling
spiritual hunger.”
-- David Myers
What is the Good Life?
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“The illiterate of the 21st century
will not be those who cannot
read and write, but those who
cannot learn, unlearn and
relearn.”

-- Alvin Toffler

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“Courage is doing what you
are afraid to do. There can
be no courage unless you’re
scared.”

-- Eddie Rickenbacker

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“It is not the strongest of the
species that survive, nor the most
intelligent, but the one most
responsive to change.”
--Charles Darwin

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“The dogmas of the quiet past are
inadequate to the stormy present.
The occasion is piled high with
difficulty, and we must rise – with the
occasion. As our case is new, so we
must think anew, and act anew. We
must disenthrall ourselves, and then
we shall save our country.”
-- Abraham Lincoln
December 1, 1862 address to Congress
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“The best way to predict the
future is to create it.”

-- Tom Peters

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