A brief, but as always noteworthy post from Seth Godin on plasticity – can you change? It’s sometimes the case when we debrief individuals around their 360 degree feedback report, that familiar themes emerge; there are no surprises for them, it’s expected, they have heard this feedback before.
If the primary aim of 360 degree feedback is to be a catalyst for change, then one might argue that there is the truth of it; we cannot change – that our story is set and cannot be written differently.
The other view as expressed in Seth Godin’s post would be that we can change; it’s just hard, but the biggest challenge isn’t the work to be done in changing a habit, tempering a behaviour, learning a new skill, etc. but in simply believing that you can rewrite (and keep rewriting) your story.
John
www.bowlandsolutions.com
