How to be an "organizational heretic" | Carmen Medina | TEDxMidAtlantic

Radically changing the culture within established organizations presented huge challenges, and can even make one personally uncomfortable - especially as changes threaten the organization's "theological" underpinnings. Sometimes, the best way to begin systemic change is to attack an idea from an adjacent angle - and bring other people with you. Carmen Medina shares her experience being an "organizational heretic" at the CIA, and other lessons for successful leadership in organizational transformation. Carmen is an organizational heretic and all-purpose troublemaker whose only real expertise is asking stupid questions and noticing odd, new things that might amount to something…or maybe not. People on LinkedIn endorse her for strategy, analysis, and leadership. Those who don’t know her very well also endorse her for program management skills… not!
Carmen spent 32 years at CIA but when you meet her you will hardly notice. She is recognized as a national and international expert on intelligence analysis, strategic thinking, diversity of thought, and innovation and intrapreneurs in the public sector.
She is the co-author of the book: Rebels at Work: A Handbook for Leading Change from Within and of the landmark Deloitte University Press paper on Diversity’s New Fronter: Diversity of Thought and the Future of the Workplace. Her story as a heretic and change agent at CIA is featured in Wharton School professor Adam Grant’s bestseller Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World.
Some of her most recent presentations include speaking at South by Southwest 2018 on The Mediocrity Trap and on Critical Thinking at SXSW 2017. She is speaking this year at SXSW on Surviving as a Change Agent. Recently she has spoken: to Canadian Federal senior executives about Diversity of Thought and Rebel Thinking, to the California STEM Education conference 2017, at the Business Innovation Factory 2017, and multiple times at GovLoop’s NextGen Leadership summit. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

[@charoleawood]

Important points to think abut when being a change agent, or "Organizational Heretic" #1 IF I'm the smartest person in the room, productive conversation or lack thereof is my responsibility, therefore I need to respect others' intelligence if I expect them to respect my intelligence #2 I need to think about the kind of change that I am advocating. If it's really opposite the values of my organization then the change I am advocating is theological change. Theological change is hard #3 I'm going to be REALLY uncomfortable. I need to learn to be comfortable with being uncomfortable, happy about it even, because when I'm uncomfortable at least I know I'm being true to my values as somebody fighting for change in an organization that doesn't want it. I should NOT expect to be welcomed for airing my heretical views, I do not live in a free marketplace of ideas, my ideas will NOT be valued as free creative expression #4 I should approach my campaign for change through something that is already within the value system of the organization #5 I should make my idea somebody else's idea, I don't own it, it's community property #6 I should find common ground so that I gain allies #7 The number of my supporters is more important than how purely they adopt the ideas I have. I need to work at change at a pace my allies can match, pushing for too much change too early will end in loss of support [Edit: but the quality of your character and of those allied to you is most important, even more than how many. This emphasis is my own -CW] #8 I need to know when to quit, retreat, or take a break. I can know when this is necessary by checking if whom I want to be perceived as is indeed what people are telling me I'm being #9 I need to be emotionally intelligent in order to effectively understand how my communication could be received in another's value system. I need to understand that the individuals I deal with all have their own values independent of myself and I need to respect that their defensiveness isn't about me, that heretical views will bring about contention, and they value and fight for their independence as much as I do my own, I can not build bridges while exciting too much contention. #10 For better or worse, if always I speak my truth then I will be heard

[@Roberto-mp3yh]

Thank you So Much Srta Carmen ...🤗🤗🤗❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@rowenveratome]

Medina says, "Particularly if you are trying to make theological change it's kind of smart to... approach it from an adjacency - through something that is already valued within the system." This reminds me of Emily Dickinson's poem, "Tell all the truth but tell it in a slant." The talk might have even helped me understand the poem.

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Wow, I need to look up that poem.

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The most peculiar things always fascinate me, even though I mayn’t need to make usage of them. Great video⭐️

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Brilliant courageous and so thoughtful

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"When I realized I didn't want to be a lawyer because I met some"! THAT floored me 🤣😂 Great talk 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@Netbug009]

"If you're the smartest in the room, it's up to you to have productive conversations." As a fellow abuse survivor, I'll try to remember this. Thank you.

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Oh me too

[@charoleawood]

Often times, however, the abuser is very smart, smarter than the (imperfect) victims of abuse

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@@charoleawood Once you learn their tricks though, they become incredibly predictable.

[@charoleawood]

​@@Netbug009 In my experience they don't tend to run out of tricks unless they have enough other things to distract them. Learning their tricks is like getting to know a torturer's tools, it leaves you damaged. Distance, if possible (and that does take some sagacious evaluation given how generally hostile and uncertain the outside world is; employment, for instance, can create excellent distance but often times employers are also abusers seeking to take advantage of you, much has to be weighed) should be the primary concern, not learning from the abuser.

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One of these days I'm going to get organizized!

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This explains what I talk about in therapy and I can’t seem to put my finger on it ! Thank you 🙏🏻

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*“Know who you are. Know what you want. Know what you deserve. And don’t settle for less.”* Have a very great day!

[@charoleawood]

Also, control yourself and take only what you need. A big aspect of this talk was about NOT burning bridges and how "the number of your supporters is actually more important to the change you want to see than the purity of their ideas"

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Perfect speech 👏

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This was so interesting

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Very good talk! Learned a lot lol

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Oh my goodness this resonated with me SO much! Thank you so much for this amazing TED talk! I run a social enterprise and am also researching social enterprise start-ups/ nascent social entrepreneurs so this really hit the nail on the head for me especially where the motivation for entrepreneurs originates.

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" always speak your truth because somebody will here you" believe in yourself, even you see that no one does 🎬

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