Steering Through Change

Ann Moore is the CEO of Time Inc. She was the opening keynote Tuesday at the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) Summit in New York.

“Steering an organization through change is hard [you need to]

• ...take care of yourself
• ...maintain your inner compass
• ...trust is the important part [helps people to]
  • work through differences
  • take risks
  • work harder
  • keep rumors, politics, and turnover at bay
• ...put the right people in the right jobs
• ...diversity matters…pick people different from yourself
• ...nurture healthy debate…resolving meaningful conflict makes stronger teams.” 

I especially like her last point. While unresolved conflict weakens teams, healthy conflict is good and strengthens teams.  

My favorite quote in this keynote: “You can’t fear failure…I actually feel embarrassed we haven’t failed more often.”

PaidContent.org did a great job covering her presentation.