Managers, like everyone else, judge their contribution or worth through the recognition they receive from othersNegative recognition significantly outweighs positive recognitionIt’s no wonder we don’t see and own our effect on people and communitiesLet’s take a very common example… Seeing the Butterfly EffectHaving a lasting effect is hard to see becauseThe results of the work often comes at a later (much later) time thus the causes for the effects are muted or forgottenThe act is so subtle it misses recognition completely (all in a day’s work!) Now, this begs the question…What would you do differently if you suddenly became aware that everything you say and do has some effect, subtle and profound, on those around you?How would you feel about yourself as a manager? Board member? Vendor? George realizes he has touched many people in a positive way, and that his life has truly been a wonderful one.With Clarence’s help,George see the Butterfly Effect first hand (and Clarence gets his wings). Ĭlarence shows George…What Bedford Falls would have been like had he never been born. George is distraught…Knowing he will be ruined and his family scandalized, George decides they would be better off without him, and he contemplatessuicide.Just as he is about to jump, he is saved by an angel, Clarence. He doesn’t tell George he has the money, and in fact calls the bankexaminer with the news of the lost money. Potter, who would like take over the building and loan. George owns the Building and Loan…One day, hapless Uncle Billy loses an $8000 deposit, spelling financial disaster for the company.The money is found by the evil Mr. It’s the story of George Bailey…Who always wanted to see the great big world….But for various reasons gets stuck in his hometown of Bedford Falls The Butterfly Effect"Small variations of the initial condition of a dynamical system may produce large variations in the long term behavior of the system." The Butterfly EffectHow little things mean a lotBy Julie Adamen, President, Adamen Inc.c.
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