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The dynamics of change can best be exemplified by Nature´s seasons.
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CHANGECHANGE“You never step into the same river twice”. Heraclitus
THE SEASONSTHE SEASONSSPRING/ SUMMER/ FALL/ WINTER
WINTERWINTER
FREEZING
SILENT
DARKNESS
DANGEROUS
SOLITARY
SPRINGSPRING
REBIRTH
RENEWAL
RE-EMERGENCE
COLORFUL
FRESHNESS
SUMMERSUMMER
BRIGHTNESS
SUNLIGHT
LEVITY
ACTIVITY
HAPPINESS
FALLFALL
PREPARATION
TIMELESS BEAUTY
SLOW DOWN
FLEETING
UNFORGETTABLE
THE MYTH THE MYTH OF OF
PERSEPHONEPERSEPHONE
HOW THE SEASONS EMERGED
PERSEPHONE PERSEPHONE AND AND
MOTHER MOTHER DEMETERDEMETER
Goddesses caring for nature
D. rejects all love gifts to daughter
Persephone disappears
D. allows nothing to grow on Earth
Starving humans cry to Gods
HADES:HADES: LORD OF THE LORD OF THE UNDERWORLDUNDERWORLD
Brother of Zeus
Abducts Persephone near river
Tricks Persephone with pomegranate
Persephone condemned for eternity
Forced by Zeus to return her to Earth
PERSEPHONEPERSEPHONE’’S S RETURNRETURN
Zeus sends Hermes to confront Hades
Hades agrees and compromises
Persephone and Demeter reunited
The Earth is productive once again
A solution is reached; explains the seasons
4 months underworld = WINTER/FALL
8 months above = SPRING/SUMMER
SEASONS, CHANGES, CHARTS:SEASONS, CHANGES, CHARTS:What season is What season is your companyyour company in? in?
THE BUSINESS THE BUSINESS SEASONSSEASONS
What SEASON is your company in? Internally? Externally?
How do you ADJUST to the different economic seasons? How to BRIDGE them?
Which companies RESPECT the seasons? Is Natura an EXAMPLE? Which balance?
WHO is your winter? What is your greatest FEAR for change?
How do true leaders ACT under change? How does a COMMUNITY of managers/workers ?
How do you LEARN to deal with change? Which companies have actually DIED? Kodak?
What COMPROMISES must one make for cultural conflict resolution in MERGES?
What is the BEAUTY of marketing change? Apple Inc.?
BUT MOST IMPORTANT: How have YOU changed?
CHANGE: CHANGE: “There is nothing wrong with
change, if it is in the right direction”. Winston Churchill