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 Daily Inspiration: "If you think you are having a bad day, try being a horse introduced into a new herd!" - Futurist Jim Carroll

Meet Dawn, and my daughter-in-law, Kim.

Dawn has been having a hard time, to say the least.
And I am pleased to know that things might finally be settling down.

The backstory? I spend a lot of my time on stage and in my leadership events speaking to the issues of change and change management. Talking about such things as how individuals should work harder to align themselves to a faster-moving future, adapt to rapidly changing circumstances, and be more accepting of the whirling world of change around them. Stuff like that.

As humans, we have it pretty easy when compared to what a horse has to go through.

I have learned far more about animal herd behavior than I thought I ever would! The things we don't know about in our lives and then discover become an overall part of our fascinating voyage of knowledge!

And through the process, I learned a little bit more about change management over and above what I preached about from the stage. Bringing a new horse into a herd is, perhaps, akin to introducing a teenager to a new high school. 

Read the whole post: https://jimcarroll.com/2023/09/daily-inspiration-change-management-if-you-think-you-are-having-a-bad-day-try-being-a-horse-introduced-into-a-new-herd/

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