Newt Gingrich on Real Change
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In an packed presentation to the National Association of Workforce Boards, Gingrich summarized five steps to achieve real action amidst fierce opposition (Gingrich):
- Doing more of what you are doing now is insanity. Do something different. Very different.
- Have an unsolvable problem? Make it bigger, not smaller. Think of all the ramifications of the problem if you do nothing, or just a little sliver of what is really required.
- Real change requires real change. Don't put up with less than real change.
- Cheerful persistence is key. It's harder than you think.
- When speaking in disagreement say, "Yes, yet..." not "No, because." It is amazing how a negative attitude kills real change.
Gingrich recommended three books as crucial to the message:
- Guiliani's Leadership
- Bratten's Turnaround and, most of all,
- Lewis' Moneyball.
Gingrich,Newt. Real Change. Presentation to the National Association of Workforce Boards, 25 February 2008.