The document provides an overview of the characters and themes from the story 'Who Moved My Cheese?' by Johnson, illustrating different styles of dealing with change through characters like Sniff, Scurry, Hem, and Haw. It encourages readers to reflect on their personal experiences with change, identify their own reactions, and consider how they cope when faced with unexpected shifts in life. The discussion prompts are designed to foster conversation about change in both personal and organizational contexts.

1. Who Moved My Cheese
Part 2
Antwuan Stinson, Ed. D.

2. Overview of the Story
• Click [here]
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3. Summary

4. Characters

5. In a nutshell
• Sniff is an Innovator style. He’s got the ability to sense and respond to changes happening in the
environment much more quickly than the other styles. He gets excited about creating new things and
likes you to get excited with him.
• Scurry is a Producer style. He’s got the ability to run, run, run and do the work from early to late. He
gets frustrated when there are obstacles in his path and seeks to run around them or punch through
them.
• Hem is a Stabilizer style. He’s got the ability to make things systematized and controllable. In the
story, it is Hem who gets left behind because change can be seen as a really big threat to someone who
excels at control and stability.
• Haw is a Unifier style. He’s got the ability to empathize and connect well with others. In the story, it
is Haw who follows Sniff and Scurry but all the while is concerned about where Hem is and how Hem
is doing. Ultimately, Haw leaves the writing on the wall for others like Hem to follow.

6. Change

7. Recognize the “Signs”

8. Talking Points
1. In Johnson's book the cheese is a metaphor. What does it represent?
2. What does the maze represent?
3. Identify both the cheese and the maze in your own life. Then consider what
might happen if someone moved your cheese. Imagine the ways you might
have to cope with the changes.

9. Reflection
4. What changes have you already experienced in your life? How did you react
to the changes? Were you threatened, angry, frightened, disoriented, or
excited by the challenge (come on...be honest!)? After reading Who Moved My
Cheese? do you feel you dealt as well as you could have with those changes?

10. What Conclusion?
5. Do you wish Johnson had offered concrete answers to the question of
dealing with change? Would you have preferred a "how-to" approach, say, a
step-by step guide? Or do you appreciate the way in which readers are free to
interpret and apply the parable for themselves? Which approach is more
helpful to you?

11. Discussion link
• [Blog]
• http://deniserobbins.blogspot.com/2009/10/who-moved-my-cheese-
discussion-and.html

12. Questions
• Who were you in the story? Sniff, Scurry, Hem or Haw?
• When have you had to go look for New Cheese?
• Has your Cheese been moved more than once in your business life? Your
personal life?
• How many of you are afraid of change? Do you think people are generally
afraid of change?
• What would you do if you weren’t afraid of change?

13. Questions
• Why do people tend to resist change?
• Have you ever run out of Cheese? What did you do to find New Cheese?
• What do you need to let go of and what do you need to move on to?
• Have you ever moved your own Cheese? How did you accomplish that?

14. Questions
• How do you deal with the Sniffs, Scurrys, Hems and Haws?
• How can you help people around you accept and embrace change?
• What happens in an organization when change is announced by top
management? Is it perceived as a good or bad idea? Why?

15. Activity
Divide up into teams of 2-4 people
• Solving a jigsaw puzzle
• Solving a Riddle
• Writing a group story
• Develop student activity (no particular grade level), creative, critical thinking

16. References/Links
• http://www.mycarforum.com/topic/2662829-summary-of-who-moved-my-
cheese-embrace-change-vote-wisely/
• https://prezi.com/akjhjurq1n4h/who-moved-my-cheese-analysis/#
• http://deniserobbins.blogspot.com/2009/10/who-moved-my-cheese-
discussion-and.html

17. End of Presentation