Episodes 32
Avg. Duration 10m
Activity Sporadic
Since Jul 2020
Latest Episode Sep 2025

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About This Podcast

Join Esther Derby, author of 7 Rules for Positive Productive Change: Micro Shifts, Macro Results for Change by Attraction--because you don't have to push, prod, persuade or punish people to create change in your organization. This podcast is for people who want to bring change to their team, department, or organization-- whether or not they have change management in their job title. Listen strategies, stories of success, and stories of mess. I'll talk about what makes change possible in modern organizations. You’ll gain insights and inspiration you can use. Check in on the last Wednesday of every other month for new episodes. I've got several intense projects going on, so I'm switching to bi-monthly for a while. Join my online course Change by Attraction to hone your ability to catalyze change. https://estherderby.teachable.com/p/change-by-attraction-live

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Recent Episodes

Voice

Sep 24, 2025 13m

It is not always easy to speak up in organizations. People may think twice before brining up ideas, issues, risks, concerns.  They may wonder,  Will the boss take it the wrong way? Will I get  picked…

Change and Churn

Mar 08, 2023 10m

When leaders decided to make a change, they hope it will improve performance. But, while it may do so, there’s almost always a dip. Maybe a small dip, but sometimes a large one. When that happens,…

Reduce Friction

Dec 28, 2022 12m

Why don’t ppl want to change?   I hear this question a lot.  The assumption behind the question is clear: the impediments to change exist within people. But there's often friction in the…

Blame or Curiosity

Oct 27, 2022 8m

Blame shuts down problem-solving. Curiosity leads to greater insight. But the response to problems is often the former. Visit my website www.estherderby.com. Sign up for my newsletter to receive…

Status and Help

Sep 28, 2022 9m

You may think someone else needs to change. But approaching that topic is a delicate matter. If they haven't invited your input, your advice is likely to cause a rupture, especially when hierarchy is…

Shifting Focus

Aug 31, 2022 8m

Changing the paradigms—beliefs and assumptions about how things work—can be powerful in changing systems. But how can you do that?  Sometimes it as simple as shifting what people focus on.   If you…

Paradigms

Jul 28, 2022 9m

Systems reflect the beliefs and assumptions of the ppl & societies who create them. Changing those beliefs is a powerful way to change a system. So, it follows, if we want to change management,…

In the Zone

Jun 29, 2022 10m

Even when you have a big idea, you get there with little steps. This isn’t always satisfying to people who are in a hurry. It is understandable that people want big results and want them fast. But it…

Trust

May 25, 2022 8m

There are a handful of things, that if you manage to shift them, you can start a cascade of goodness in your organization. Trust is one of them. Visit my website www.estherderby.com. Sign up for my…

This Over That

Apr 27, 2022 10m

In the course of observing, leading, and participating in many organizational changes, I’m discovering how to nurture change… in ways that are  more effect than many of the prevalent…

Finding the Pattern

Mar 30, 2022 8m

We experience and respond to events—what’s in front of us now. But often, if we want to change events, we need to take a longer view and see patterns and system dynamics. Visit my website…

You Are Your Most Important Tool for Change

Feb 23, 2022 10m

I talk a lot on this podcast about tiny changes, changing systems and creating environments where something new might emerge. But that involves working with other people. How you show up as a change…

Micro Shifts

Jan 26, 2022 10m

We’re trained to think big, to go for that big hairy audacious goals, to go big or go home. But when it comes to making complex changes in your organization, tiny  may be the way to go.Explore more…

Adaptive Capacity

Dec 29, 2021 8m

Adaptive Capacity is the ability to respond to change—whether that change is an adverse market event, a fabulous opportunity, or learning from experience. Unfortunately, many organizational habits…

Contracting Sets the Tone

Nov 24, 2021 11m

Usually, I talk about how to nurture change, once you are already in a position to do that. In this episode, I’m going to talk about contracting. Because contracting can make the difference between a…

The Past is in the Present

Oct 27, 2021 8m

What the organization came from and what it is like now, influence where it can go. Organizations don’t leap forward toward some abstract potential.  They shimmy and mosey to the next best thing they…

There Are No More Early Adopters of Agile

Sep 29, 2021 33m

I recently had a fascinating conversation with Matthew Carlson, a senior consultant at Industrial Logic. We talked about what is different about adopting agile methods in 2021 vs. 2001… and how those…

Empathy

Aug 25, 2021 10m

Some people think that empathy has no place at work…that work requires hard-nosed logic and checking your emotions at the door. They believe empathy means never hurting anyone’s feelings. But empathy…

Steering Signals

Jul 28, 2021 10m

When making a change or fixing a problem, most companies consider the outcome they want to achieve—what will be different—and how they’ll measure that. But outcomes can take a long time. In the…

Listening

Jun 30, 2021 12m

When you listen, you convey that the other person has something valuable to share—which helps equalize status. If your response indicates you understand the clients world, their confidence in your…

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