As we wrap up this first decade of the 21st century, lots of things have changed… in tech, in our lives, and just the world around us. And as the saying goes, the only guaranteed to stay the same is change!
It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure, to embrace the new. But there is no real security in what is no longer meaningful. There is more security in the adventurous and exciting, for in movement there is life, and in change there is power.
–Alan Cohen
So lets get into it… how is our world going to change in 2010? What change is going to power our near future? Here are a few of my ideas.
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TEDx is a new program that enables local communities such as schools, businesses, libraries, neighborhoods or just groups of friends to organize, design and host their own independent, TED-like events.
TED.com
It all came about in pretty short order. I think I found out about TEDxHuntsville on Wednesday night, probably through a LinkedIn post. So what did I do… I tweeted it of course!
Welcome to TEDxHuntsville
The event was this past Sunday at Cre8ive Partners in downtown Huntsville. Their offices were Awesome! Exposed brickwork and rafters with a huge glass top over former mortise and tenon beamwork for a conference table. Wow… just wow!
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Author:
Thom Rigsby
Oct
19
It kind of funny… there are tons of change related terms and phrases that we all know… maybe even embrace:
- Some people are change agents
- The more things change the more they stay the same
- When you’re finished changing, you’re finished
The irony is that the last thing most of us want to do is change. Even the writers of the Declaration of Independence recognized that most people would rather suffer under known conditions than change into the unknown.
If you’ve read past page 14 of Seth Godin’s book Tribes, you know this title of this post is not an original, its actually a quote from the book. In addition to describing some pretty profound differences, I think it can also help us understand this fear as well.
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