CITI - partners in change » Paradigm shift http://www.citi.co.uk Thu, 10 Dec 2015 13:34:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.3.2 Moving hearts and minds http://www.citi.co.uk/moving-hearts-and-minds/ http://www.citi.co.uk/moving-hearts-and-minds/#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2013 16:57:10 +0000 http://www.citi.co.uk/?p=3253 If the numbers of people in the UK attending and watching the London 2012 Paralympics Games is a valid indicator, then prejudice against individuals with disabilities should be under increasing pressure.  Hopefully, the Paralymics proves to be the tipping point.

It can be argued that there has been a paradigm shift in people’s attitude to disability – a moving of hearts and minds – as a consequence of the special circumstances provided by the Paralympics.

Does it always take special circumstances to achieve a paradigm shift?  What is the value of difference?

Watch the video on Sue Austin, an artist who has changed hearts and minds through doing the extraordinary.

http://www.ted.com/talks/sue_austin_deep_sea_diving_in_a_wheelchair.html

What lessons can you identify for managing change, particularly for dealing with resistance in change?

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