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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIn this episode, we\u2019re going to pick up from where we left off last time to talk more about office politics, because, unfortunately, there\u2019s always more to talk about. And we\u2019ll focus a little more here on how to deal with them.Show Notes:* The Difficulty Lies Not So Much in Developing New Ideas as in Escaping from Old Ones.* People are creatures of habit* Uncertainty scares folks* You Never Change Things by Fighting the Existing Reality. To Change Something, Build a New Model that Makes the Existing Model Obsolete. \u2013 Buckminster Fuller, architect, author, designer, inventor & futurist* Cab companies were never going to change, so Uber filled the void* Clear alternatives are the only ones that have a shot of making more than just incremental change* If You Want to Make Enemies, Try to Change Something. — Woodrow Wilson* The irrational anger people have around change makes it tough to implement* As superior as whatever change you\u2019re offering might be, don\u2019t expect to be greeted as a conquering hero, there will be resistance* 8 Steps for Leading Change* Harvard Megabrain, Professor John Kotter, came up with this simple process, and I\u2019ve been using it to my advantage for years* Consider this process your blueprint for change* Make People Part of the Change. If They Don\u2019t Create It, They\u2019ll Feel Threatened By It. And if They Feel Threatened, They\u2019ll Fight Back. \u2013 Joe Brown, IDEO Portfolio Director* If You Want to Make Everyone Happy, Don\u2019t Be a Leader\u2014Sell Ice Cream. \u2013 Steve Jobs, Founder of Apple, Nudger of the Universe* What Are You Willing to Give Up to Get What You Want?* Strategy is choice* When you say yes to one thing, you\u2019re automatically saying no to another. Accept it.* When They Discover the Center of the Universe, a Lot of People Are Going to be Very Disappointed that They Are Not It* You Will Never Truly Be Successful Until You Learn to Give Beyond Yourself. \u2013 Will Ferrell, Comedian & Provocateur* Be Who You Needed When You Were Younger* Back in the day, you probably didn\u2019t receive half the help you could have used. Now you can rectify that.* Pay it forward. You\u2019ll help others and yourself by reminding yourself of the things that helped you in your success or held you back from it.Transcript:Welcome to Episode 4 of Navigating the Fustercluck\u2014a podcast full of snackable insights to help you navigate the love/hate world of creativity.My name is Wegs, like eggs with a W, joining you from Deaf Mule Studios in Dallas, and whether you work in advertising, design, gaming, fine art, commercial art, content creation, whatever it may be, we\u2019re here to talk about leadership, or at least what passes for leadership these days.On this episode we\u2019ll pick up where we left off last time, taking on some of the issues of leadership, or the lack of it. It\u2019s a huge issue, so there\u2019s a lot to cover. Hold on to your seats, my friends.Last time, we talked about the role vision and change play in leadership. How core values never change, but their definitions do. For example, the American Founding Fathers declared that \u201cAll men are created equal.\u201d Except people of color worth only 3/5ths a white male. And women weren\u2019t exactly equal either. (Sadly, we still have equality issues.) But again, values stay put, but there definitions change. That\u2019s why established companies often stop moving forward. They haven\u2019t refreshed their values. As legendary economist John Maynard Keynes said\u2026The Difficulty Lies Not So Much in Developing New Ideas as in Escaping from \xa0\xa0\xa0Old Ones.\xa0Have you ever waited anxiously for your leadership team to introduce the “new way” forward, only to hear what sounds quite familiar to what you’re already doing? No surprise, we love the familiar. It’s comforting. It’s understandable. It works. Or at least, it used to work. And it\u2019s hard to move on from it. Yet we must.