DISRUPT YOU
How to shine a light to make darkness your friend
And hard times come, and hard times go
And hard times come, and hard times go
Come on and take your best shot,
let me see what you've got
Bring on your wrecking ball
WRECKING BALL
PANIC
STRETCH
COMFORT
The Learning Zone
“Don’t dare,
Not to dare”
- C.S Lewis
WHAT DO WE THINK
‘DISRUPTION’ MEANS?
Self Disruption
Positive change that
creates impact
Monumentum
that overcomes
inertia
An innovation that is
low end or new
market that up
ends an industry
Hall Of Fame Disruptors
What is unique
about this quartet?
Often The Only Differentiator Is
INSIGHT & PERSISTENCE
Two Big Disruptions
COMPANIES DON’T
DISRUPT. PEOPLE DO
The 3D Model
Disruption
DARE DESIGN
DO
DARE
“MAP OUT YOUR FUTURE,
BUT DO IT IN PENCIL.
THE ROAD AHEAD IS AS LONG
AS YOU MAKE IT. MAKE IT
WORTH THE TRIP.”
The Queen Of Dare
Decide
SOLO-PRENEUR INTRA-PRENEUR
DESIGN
THE WORLD’S BEST
DESIGN THINKER
The Great Detective Hunt
PANIC
Convince The Jury
Dead Body
Looking For Clues
Generate Leads
A Couple Of Good Women
“The belonging doesn't require
that we change who we are; it
requires that we be who we are”.
“We cannot change what we are
not aware of, and once we are
aware, we cannot help but change”.
And From A Friend
DO
THE DILEMMA
The S-Curve
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+
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COMPETENCE
Growing in
knowledge
of new field
Increasing
ability to make
sense of info
in that field
CONFIDENCE
MASTERY
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Lost
excitement
of constant
growth and
challenge
Comfort and
inertia from
increased
competency
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GOLD MEDAL
DISRUPTOR
Self Disruptors S-Curve
1. Take the right risk
2. Play to your distinctive strengths
3. Embrace constraints
4. Battle entitlement
5. Step back to grow
6. Give failure its due
7. Be discovery driven
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MASTERY
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1. TAKE THE
RIGHT RISKS
From Sustaining To Disrupting
EMPLOYEE
ENTREPRENEUR
ALL IN
2. PLAY TO DISTINCTIVE
STRENGTHS
DEVELOP YOUR
STORY
3. EMBRACE
CONSTRAINTS
4. BATTLE
ENTITLEMENT
5. STEP BACK
TO GROW
6. GIVE FAILURE
ITS DUE
7. BE DISCOVERY
DRIVEN
Self Disruptors S-Curve
1. Take the right risk
2. Play to your distinctive strengths
3. Embrace constraints
4. Battle entitlement
5. Step back to grow
6. Give failure its due
7. Be discovery driven
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MASTERY
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Disrupt you (abridged)