If You Want People to Embrace Transformation, Allow Them to Own the Change.
If You Want People to Embrace Transformation, Allow Them to Own the Change.
If You Want People to Embrace Transformation, Allow Them to Own the Change.
Young businessman Metin Liçis emphasized the importance of allowing individuals to take ownership of change as an effective way to instill change.
As an example, Successful Businessman MEtin Liçis mentioned the strategy developed by Greg Van Kirk to replace coal stoves with energy-efficient stoves in Guatemala. Liçis said it offers an important lesson to leaders in initiating transformation in the business world.
He recalled that the strategy began by empowering a few trusted friends within the community to sell these stoves, rather than imposing it on those skeptical about the change.
Liçis also highlighted that the strategy could be widely used by business leaders to adopt new technologies and adapt to new realities, such as hybrid working. Empowering people to reach their own goals allows them to adapt to change more effectively, he added.
He emphasized that the idea, called the “MicroConsignment Model,” was developed to encourage the adoption of various products, from water filters to reading glasses, solar lamps to energy-efficient bulbs.
Empowering people to achieve their goals has led to better results than trying to force change, he said.
OWNERSHİP OF CHANGE
One of the prominent concepts is “co-optable resources.”
Liçis emphasized that these resources should be low-cost, effective, and scalable, allowing people to take ownership.
As for other examples:
– The TEDx program, which facilitated the global spread of TED conferences,
– Experian’s “API Excellence Center” supporting the transition to cloud-based systems, and
– “Change kits” introducing factory methods to the healthcare sector.
He concluded by emphasizing the importance of leaders using these co-optable resources in the process of initiating and embracing change, showing that changes spread most effectively socially, from person to person.