I started collecting audio books to listen to on my iPhone about a year ago.  I am currently listening to the Influencer: The Power to Change Anything. I know already that I will listen to this book again, and might buy the book itself.

This book ties a lot of theories and experiences together to propose strategies for influencing change.  I need to create a summary, but some of the themes that have stuck in my head are:

• knowing what you want to see happen
• identifying vital behaviour
• identifying contingency behaviour
• looking for “Positive Deviance” – where are there examples of the ‘bad thing’ not happening

This links with a workshop that I participated in last week, on Influence and Negotiation with Strategic Partners, facilitated by Jan Archer.  I think I might build a wiki around this as well….

Umm…  have been sitting on the computer surfing around the MOOC recordings and a whole lot of things, and collecting bits here, but not progressing on my uni assessments….. prep work – that is what I have been doing, prep.  Definitely not procrastinating!!