Posts by Rodger Price
Some Vision about Vision
Looking ahead for this year of 2020 makes it almost impossible for me to not think about vision. The word-play on the numbers 20-20 is so obvious, I think most people are staying away from it so as to not make people roll their eyes. It just so happens that for the past six months,…
Read MoreThe Past Has Been Great and the Future Looks Even Better!
It’s that time again—the start of a new year, right on the heels of a great passing year. This year, however, it’s the transition between two decades. On my holiday break I couldn’t help but think back over the past year and also over the past decade to reflect on how I’ve changed and on how…
Read MoreLeaning Into Healthy Conflict: A Second Short Story
After writing back-to-back posts on what I believe is our most important topic for West Michigan leaders (Leaning Into Healthy Conflict), I shared a fictional story about the use of this conflict model last week . This week I’m going to share one more short story about conflict. This time it’s a real one, though…
Read MoreLeaning Into Healthy Conflict: A Short Story
I recently wrote two back-to-back posts on what I believe is our most important topic for West Michigan leaders: Leaning Into Healthy Conflict. That topic is still on my mind, so I’m writing another piece on it today. However, this one’s a little different. This one is a short story in a conversation format. I…
Read MoreGrowth Over Time
Many of you have heard me say that concepts often work on me, whether I want them to or not. My ego would like to claim that I’m working on them, but I have to admit that I often feel like I have no choice—some concepts just seem to wrestle with me until I feel…
Read MoreLeaning Into Healthy Conflict, Part Two
Last week’s post was meant to remind you why leaning into healthy conflict is so important. Today’s post is meant to remind you of the model itself. The First Step: Begin the Conversation In the Leaning into Healthy Conflict model, there are two ways to begin a healthy conflict conversation. The first is when someone…
Read MoreLeaning Into Healthy Conflict, Part One
LEAD 24/7 alums, do you recall the number one thing we wish leaders in West Michigan would do better? Yes, it’s being willing and able to lean into potential disagreements, or what we call leaning into healthy conflict. Today’s post is the first of two on the subject. This one is to remind you why…
Read MoreInnovating Innovation, Part 3
This is the third in my mini-series on creating new value, also known as innovation. The first post took a deep dive into the concept of value—what it is and how it should be core to the existence of every organization—especially for-profit organizations. The second post took a deep dive into into the first of…
Read MoreInnovating Innovation, Part 2
Last week I shared my contention that innovation is nothing more, and nothing less, that finding new ways to bring real value to others. (Value being defined as some perceived benefit divided by some perceived cost). I promised in that posting to share the two elements that I think are important if you want to…
Read MoreInnovating Innovation, Part 1
You may know that we’ve been redesigning some modules of LEAD 365 this year (along with changing its name to LEAD 24/7). Some of you went through a version of the program before we even started exploring innovation. Over the past two years some of you participated in our innovation session, which was taught, at…
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