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Change Tool ‘Retro-Delphi’: New momentum for change
Do you recognise this? The change project that you have been working on intensively for the last 1 to 2 years simply lacks momentum. It’s not running smoothly.
Flow has won an Oscar
… and is now in the cinema. No, no, we haven’t joined the ranks of filmmakers – but we feel very much at home in the cinema right now. The film ‘Flow’ has been showing since last Thursday. And in the broadest sense, the film has something to do with change and leadership.
But first things first: At the awards ceremony in February, ‘Flow’ won the Oscar for best animated film. The plot is quickly told. After a catastrophic flood, five animals save themselves in a boat: a cat, a dog, a capybara, a lemur and a bird. The five gradually learn how to find their way in the flooded world. The film by director Gints Zilbalodis is characterised by two special features.
Firstly, the type of animation, in which the animals appear rather plain against almost pompous backgrounds and backdrops. This makes them appear – it may sound paradoxical – more realistic. And secondly, the film manages without words, at least without human ones. The five animals don’t speak – they meow, bark, squeak, hiss and grunt. The director comments: ‘In some other animated films, the animals are often portrayed like humans, or rather: their behaviour is humanised. I think something gets lost in the process. Because these animals are so interesting and so funny that you don’t have to exaggerate their behaviour. That’s the great thing about cinema: I wanted the audience to feel as if they were the cat themselves.’ [https://www.ndr.de/kultur/film/tipps/Flow-Oscar-praemierte-lettische-Ueberlebensfabel-mit-Message,flow116.html]
So when you see the film, remember: you can only bring about change together – and good leadership is when each team member contributes their own skills and respects those of others. And as far as the end of the film is concerned, this is just as open as many a change and many a leadership effect.
You can watch Flow here: https://www.filmstarts.de/kritiken/302474.html
… and here flow: https://www.flow.de/
Frank Wippermann
picture: MS Office archive
Round table of the journal Personalwirtschaft
Consultants who specialise in supporting change projects exchange ideas at the round table organised by the German trade journal Personalwirtschaft. Here are a few impressions and thoughts on the two hours in Frankfurt.
flow podcast: New publication ‘Toolbox Leading Change’
Our new book is here: The ‘Toolbox Leading Change’ (publication date 28 February 2025) from Schäffer-Poeschl Verlag! I will be talking about this special moment with my colleague Silke. You are cordially invited to listen, discover and browse.
Coming soon: Toolbox Leading Change
We at flow are full of anticipation for the new book from our ‘stable’. A total of seven colleagues have been writing, discussing, proofreading, approving galley proofs … and, and, and, and since spring 2024.