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In Context newsletter June 2010

In Context Update

If you have not registered for the Viral Change™ Seminar presented by Dr Leandro Herrero at the end of July 2010 you should do it now! Email us at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) with Viral Change™ Seminar in the subject line and we will send you a registration form to complete.  If this is the first time you hear about the seminar, a short synopsis: The topic of the seminar is Viral Change™: How to create fast and lasting sustainable change in organisations. These seminars are specifically aimed at organisational leaders, OD practitioners, change managers and communication specialists. The Johannesburg seminar will be taking place at the Sandton Hyatt on 30 July 2010 and the Cape Town seminar will take place at The Vineyard on 28 July 2010. Cost per person is R1100 and includes lunch. Space is limited, so book now!
We look forward seeing you there. Don’t miss out!

The month ahead

10 June: School holidays starts
11 June: Word Cup kicks off
1-30 June: Book for the Viral Change Seminar. Contact us at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

Our bookshelf

The Little Big Things: 163 Ways to Pursue Excellence by Tom Peters.
Comments by Harperstudio, the publisher of The Little Big Things: 163 Ways to Pursue Excellence by Tom Peters.
“This is not your average business book: Unlike so many dry, boring books on business, Tom Peters has a compelling, in-your-face style that makes this book as fun to read as it is insightful. An enemy of conformist ‘suits,’ mindless mega-mergers, and the status quo, Peters urges readers to embrace diversity, cherish weirdness, and manage by turning off the computer and hitting the streets.” The Little Big Things: 163 Ways to Pursue Excellence by Tom Peters is available from Kalahari.net.

Industry Update

Viral what?/ What is Viral Change™

Viral Change™ is a methodology pioneered and developed by Dr Herrero to create sustainable change in organisations by focusing on behavioural change and using the power of relative small numbers of influencers or champions within the organisation, acting mainly on a peer‐to‐peer basis through their own internal social networks. The success of this cutting edge approach has led Dr Herrero to create a new company ‘Viral Change™ L.L.P, active as from January 2010. Dr Herrero is the managing partner of the new company which has Associated Practices around the world (and In Context represents South Africa); in the UK, US, Sweden, Italy, Belgium and Brazil.

Who is Dr Leandro Herrero?

Dr. Leandro Herrero practiced as a psychiatrist for more than fifteen years before taking up senior management positions in several global pharmaceutical companies, working both in Europe and the US. He is co‐founder and CEO of The Chalfont Project Ltd, an international consulting firm of organisational architects. Taking advantage of his behavioural sciences background, coupled with his hands‐on business management experience, he works with organisations of many kinds on organisational strategy, structural and behavioural change, leadership, and innovation. In 2006, Dr. Herrero began a series of management books which focus on bringing behavioural sciences to day‐to‐day management and leadership, based upon his experience as both behaviourist and management consultant. The first book, ‘The Leader with Seven Faces: Finding your own ways to practice leadership in today’s organisation’ (2006), is the cornerstone of Executive Leadership development programmes and retreats, which he leads personally, with heavy emphasis on self-awareness, reflection time, internalization and behavioural change. It was then complemented by ‘New leaders wanted – NowHiring! The 12 kinds of people you must find, seduce, hire and find a job for’. (2007) ‘Viral Change™: the alternative to slow, painful and unsuccessful management of change in organisations’ (2008), outlines a methodology developed and successfully tested to create significantly faster cultural and behavioural change in organisations. This book is now in its second edition. It was followed by ‘Disruptive ideas. 10+10+10=1000; the maths of viral change that transform organisations’ (2008). ‘Innovactions: escaping the me too company’ will be published in 2010.