Original post: https://www.forbes.com/sites/garrettgunderson/2021/03/31/trauma-in-the-workplace-happens-are-you-contributing-to-it/?sh=5a4ef3c53776 If you’re an entrepreneur, you’re probably someone who focuses on getting things done, moving the needle, and hitting your goals. You likely have an internal drive that makes you the perfect person to launch a new initiative or found a new company. You are what Tracey Lovejoy and Shannon Lucas, authors of […]

The term VUCA—short for volatility, uncertainty, complexity, ambiguity—originated with the U.S. Army War College to describe how the world was changing in the wake of the Cold War. Since then, its adoption has soared in an effort to describe our ever-evolving global environment. And if there was ever a year that perfectly encapsulated what VUCA […]

Unique Changemakers Require a Unique Understanding. Let’s start with an introduction to Catalysts. In a world marked by rapid change, changemakers can be found any and everywhere. In fact, when we’re talking about VUCA-readiness—the ability to adapt to volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous circumstances—the argument has been made that changemakers must be everywhere. The character traits […]

The following is adapted from Move Fast. Break Shit. Burn Out, by Shannon Lucas and Tracey Lovejoy. Catalysts don’t have super strength, though we sometimes try to carry more weight than we should. The truth is much simpler and more extraordinary than all of that: we’re doing the things that every organization values in a changemaker. […]