Using Comedy To Overcome Resistance To Change

Using Comedy To Overcome Resistance To Change

By Lee Houghton

This week, Lee discusses the ways in which we can use the art of comedy to overcome resistance to change, and how by thinking differently, we can make sure that we act differently, finding new solutions to problems that we may not have considered before.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

If you want to achieve different results, then you must think differently. Those thoughts will create and drive new ways of implementing action. Refusal to comply with change is always a personal choice. Each person chooses whether or not support an initiative. Change, therefore, is a personal choice. When delivering information or data or any kind of address, we always communicate in the ways in which we like to receive. In comedy, we have two ways of delivering - the set up and punchline. We should vary the ways in which we deliver both so as to signal the points at which engagement must follow. Timing is everything. We must plan out what we are to deliver, but we must also execute it using perceptual timing - adapting to the moment itself.

BEST MOMENTS

'You have to think and do different, in order to be different'

'Resistance is the refusal to accept or comply with something'

'Our job as change leaders is to make people thirsty'

'Perceptual timing is what is happening in front of you'

VALUABLE RESOURCES

Business Problems Solved Podcast        

ABOUT THE HOST

For the last 15 years, I have been a multi-sector internal or external business improvement consultant, building the improved capability of individuals, teams and businesses.

In my spare time, I enjoy spending time with my two young children Jack & India. I also enjoy listening to and reading business & personal development material.

Lee Houghton is “THE Business Problem Solver”, a Management Consultant, CX Specialist and Keynote Speaker.

CONTACT METHOD

You can contact Lee Houghton on 07813342194

Lee@leehoughton.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lhoughton/

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