The Secret to Changing Minds: Don't Stop

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  SureSpeak05/29/08 Report as spam
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  Knowing what they listen for, and speaking into it

  Don't stop is a way of explaining what I do that always works, but I have not been able to put my finger on why, until now. I would add that based on my knowledge of the personality and priorities of my colleagues I'll take an idea for the business, especially one that came up at a meeting, and in one on one conversations I'll use kitchen table examples or recent customer experiences to speak to what the other person is listening for. It takes more than one conversation with more than one person and more than one angle to persuade. Gets into the way people and organizations think they think.

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  consulmendez06/01/08 Report as spam
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  RE: The Secret to Changing Minds: Don't Stop

  It is good to try to put forward your ideas in different ways and manners. However, some organizations are very reluctant to change their old patterns. Not only business but especially government, think of the bureaucratic way to handle the need of citizens in any City government office. Or think of the Army or Navy of any country, structures of power and hierarchy avoids and stops any idea of change. I agree we have always to try, try and try!