Some leaders get overly excited about the next new thing. After reading a book, listening to a podcast, or watching a TED Talk, they feel compelled to implement their new learning inside the organization and within the team. They tell everyone about the new insight and begin to rally support behind an idea or program that, if sustained, might add some value.
Is anyone willing to share their favorite fad story? I’ll go first. Year is 2000. The book: Who Moved My Cheese. Whole department had to read aloud and pass around/ wear a Cheese Head when it was their turn to read.
Thanks for starting, David. In the corner of the church world I was operating in, we had a similar Who Moved My Chesse moment with a little book called "The Prayer of Jabez" which essentially lifted two short obscure verses out of scripture and built an entire framework from which we should all operate. Just as embarrassing... but no yellow-foam Jabez headware.
Is anyone willing to share their favorite fad story? I’ll go first. Year is 2000. The book: Who Moved My Cheese. Whole department had to read aloud and pass around/ wear a Cheese Head when it was their turn to read.
Ah yes - we should all find ways to expel the cheese shame.
Thanks for starting, David. In the corner of the church world I was operating in, we had a similar Who Moved My Chesse moment with a little book called "The Prayer of Jabez" which essentially lifted two short obscure verses out of scripture and built an entire framework from which we should all operate. Just as embarrassing... but no yellow-foam Jabez headware.