Changing What's Normal


Welcome to your online learning vault
- a companion to my book Changing What's Normal

Please feel most welcome to contact me at any time to discuss any aspects of this vault or my book or telephone +61 8 7122 4663

Obviously if you haven't yet bought my Changing What's Normal book then this page is out of context and nowhere near as valuable to you! You can buy my book here.

Presentation packages that solve your problems

The Changing What's Normal Tribe - Candid conversations monthly online. Exclusive 24/7 access to remarkable personal, relationship and organisational change resources. All of this is automatically available to all mentees and master-mind group members.

No BS mentoring. It takes you further than you've ever imagined

Change programs that fulfill their purpose and promise

Master-mind groups that ensure you succeed in the change you lead

Clients tell me that my three great talents are:

  • Seeing what most people don’t
  • Saying what most people won’t
  • Uncovering with them the change that makes the big difference right now. Turning possibility into reality

What this means for you:

Our work together means you:

  • remove the 'stuff' (the BS) that is stopping you from moving forward at great speed
  • actually do what you know you should do
  • discover profound insights that lead to breathtaking, pioneering, and truly innovative action

I work with leaders to conceive and implement highly successful change initiatives.

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Be the difference you want to see in the world.
Ian

Your Vault

Prologue

Please watch a short video here by Steve Pressfield, author of Do the work.

Action 1: Change Yourself

Sparkenation 6.

Benjamin Zander’s TED talk is here.


Sparkenation 7.

For your defining moments exercise please go here.


Sparkenation 9.

Marshall Goldsmith’s library is here.


Sparkenation 11.

For Geoff McDonald's book raps go here.

My top 21 books I recommend you must read

Extensive list of the books I recommend you read

For more insights into Steve Farber's Greater Than Yourself visit here.

Sparkenation 12.

Please download my rituals one pager here, and then create and act on your own.


Sparkenation 13.

For insights into Social Entrepreneurs and Intrapreneurs visit Volans and download a special report here.

Sparkenation 18.

Want to change an outcome or a result you are currently achieving?
Complete the Compete with yourself exercise here.

Sparkenation 20.

12 ways to maintain your attitude of gratitude.


Sparkenation 22.

Find out more about Seth Godin’s landmark book Linchpin and Seth’s other books here.

Find out more about Peter Sheahan’s Making $#IT Happen book here.

Find out more about Thought Leaders - how to capture, package and deliver your ideas for greater commercial success by Matt Church with Scott Stein and Michael Henderson here.

Action 2: Change Your Relationship

Sparkenation 24.

Find out more about Malcolm Gladwell’s book The Tipping Point here.

Find out more about Melissa Giovagnoli’s books here, and Networlding here.

Sparkenation 25.

To become more of a hero in your own home complete the exercise here.


Sparkenation 27.

Links to some great Tribes:

Differencemakers Community

You can read the stories of differencemakers members who are changing what's normal here.

Linchpin Academy

MojoLife

Speakeasy

Passionate Tribe

and there's the changing what's normal Torchbearer tribe

By joining the changing what's normal Torchbearer tribe you gain exclusive access to further resources to help you as you do your work. Join as a corporate, No BS mentee or master-mind group member and I will also be spending time with you in person.
Details here.

For great resources for building tribes online and in person check out Richard Millington’s work at Feverbee.

Sparkenation 28.

To improve a personal or business relationship complete the Collaborate exercise here.


Action 3: Change Your Organisation

Sparkenation 29.

The Harvard Business Review article about Creating Shared Value (CSV) by Michael E. Porter and Mark R. Kramer is here.

Are your values on the wall lived in the hall?
The video below is a story from one of my seminars. I highly recommend watching and reflecting on how well you live your values, which is a key to really understanding where you are now in your organisation.

Sparkenation 30.

Check out Tom Peter's insights about Management by Wandering Around here.

There are 12 great guidelines for success through Management By Wandering Around by Futurecents here.

Sparkenation 32.

You can download Marks and Spencer's Plan A here.


Sparkenation 33.

Fast Company’s 50 most innovative companies list for 2011 is here.


Sparkenation 34.

Find out more about The Co-operative Group here.

Adam Jupp's Manchester Evening News interview with The Co-operative Group's Chief Executive Peter Marks is here.

Sparkenation 35.

You can read the full Strategy + Business article about What If? scenarios here.


Sparkenation 36.

Subscribe to my twice monthly Changing What’s Normal newsletter and you can download my ebook Differencemakers - how doing good is great for business, that contains 142 actions, for free.

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If you do not wish to subscribe you can download Differencemakers - how doing good is great for business here.

Sparkenation 38.

Dan Pallotta’s blog about Missions.

Simon Sinek's Start With Why TED talk.

Sparkenation 40.

Futerra

My Changing What's Normal manifesto is here.

Dr. Shine: Making a Difference Shining Shoes blog by Maree Harris. Be sure to click on the link in Maree's blog to the Shine Manifesto on changethis and spend plenty of energy searching the changethis site.

Sign-up for Geoff McDonald's ebook here, and post your manifestos to his site when you have completed them.

Sparkenation 41.

Check out some great 6 word memoirs at Smith Magazine.


Sparkenation 42.

The 12 Things That Customers Really Want by Geoffrey James.

Click here to download the overview of my sequence and frequency system for staying in touch.

Sparkenation 43.

More on UGRs® here. The creator of the UGRs® concept Steve Simpson CSP is a friend and colleague. Find out about Steve here.

Sparkenation 44.

The 13 must knows of role clarity.


Sparkenation 45.

My strategy on a page is here.

Differencemakers community strategy on a page is here.

360 Partners strategy on a page is here.

Sparkenation 46.

Celebrating performance template is here.

Personal and Business Performance Plan Template is here.

Sparkenation 47.

Appreciation and Accountability technique is here.


Sparkenation 51.

Paul Dunn's Wooing and Wowing TEDx talk is here.


Sparkenation 53.

PSF is Everything an ebook by Tom Peters is here.


Sparkenation 54.

SXSW Pokes - 50 stories about making a ruckus, a free ebook from Seth Godin and the folks at The Domino Project is here.

Sparkenation 56.

Generation G post by Trendwatching.

Buy1Give1 - Giving businesses the power to change our lives

Special Offers

Buy 100 books at a special price and I will spend a day with you in your business. Your day will be tailored to meet your needs, expectations, and desires and may include a seminar for your employees or customers, a workshop with your leadership team, a session with your Board.

Buy 250 books at a special price and I will spend a day with you in your business, tailored as above, plus I will provide a one hour, 1:1 mentoring session in person for up to seven people.

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To find out more about these special offers please contact me direct on +61 418 807 898 or

Be the difference you want to see in the world.
Ian, Sparkenator.

Presentation packages that solve your problems

The Changing What's Normal Tribe - Candid conversations monthly online. Exclusive 24/7 access to remarkable personal, relationship and organisational change resources. All of this is automatically available to all master-mind group members.

No BS mentoring. It takes you further than you've ever imagined

Change programs that fulfill their purpose and promise

Master-mind groups that ensure you succeed in the change you lead