The death of command and control

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While external forces are raising sea levels, mass collaboration and social networks of performance are changing how executives perform their role.

But what does this all mean to the executive who defines their effectiveness by their ability to control, command and direct?

Rod Collins, former Chief Operating Officer for Blue Cross Blue Shield, tells Dawna that executives are at a tipping point where to maintain any kind of agility requires replacing command and control with facilitating, enabling and supporting performance. But what does this mean to the average executive?

What are the consequences of holding onto control? The image of trying to direct performance while standing in front of a fire hose comes to mind. The benefit of making the change, while messy and uncomfortable at first, gets better with practice says Rod. Besides, you sleep better at night.

Dawna Jones's reputation as an Evolutionary Provocateur fits perfectly with her mission in life: to help individuals and companies master the invisible forces that drive achievement.

Her consulting work through InSight Out Consulting Inc. merges extensive scientific research into the source of individual performance with twenty-five years of experience facilitating organizational and human dynamics.

She delivers customized learning lab programs to accelerate the high levels of self and organizational awareness required to produce natural innovation and creativity. Her personal growth programs focus on helping people reconnect to their innate superpowers and connection to each other and the world around them.

For more from Dawna, read her Evolutionary Provocateur blog.

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Show synopsis

The Evolutionary Provocateur bi-monthly show is for executives, managers, and supervisors (OR for leaders at all levels) who have noticed that it is not what you know but who you are that has the biggest impact.

Dawna Jones, the show's host, believes that by raising awareness and understanding we can make a quantum leap to a new level of innovation in business - but it has to be done collectively.

What better way to do it than by provoking the evolution of how you see yourself and your role!