Future Change: !
Today’s Steps to Managing
Tomorrow’s Change
Think.Change.Do. Speaker Bio
Michael(Mike) W. Johnson, CPA.CITP – former Partner at Warren Avere@ O’Sullivan Creel and now consultant to CPA firms -­‐ may very well be one of the original ChangeMongers! Mike entered the business world working for internaLonal and regional CPA firms when pencil and paper were standard issue tools. Always interested in change, Mike was an early adopter of technological innovaLons such as the personal computer, local area networking and mobile compuLng to enhance performance in both his professional and personal endeavors. Now some thirty-­‐five years later, Mike has vast experiences with the challenges and benefits that come from embracing the rapidly changing business and personal world we encounter today. Mike has traveled both naLonally and internaLonally assisLng firms with adopLon of new technologies and change management and enjoys sharing his knowledge through speeches, webinars, and storytelling. Today’s Discussion
•  The Deluge of Change – Think.
•  Anticipating Change – Change.
•  Implementing Change – Do.
•  Questions and Answers.
THE DELUGE OF CHANGE
Think. 2013 Top Firm Issues
The PCPS CPA Firm 2013 Top Issues Diagnos:c Report Horizons 2025
CPA Horizons 2025 Report Nothing Is Spared!
Science, Economics,
Politics, Culture, and
Society are all in upheaval due to
Technological
Advances.
"Always Increase Your Confidence" -­‐ Dan Sullivan, Strategic Coach The Shift Change Tom Hood, CPA, CITP, CGMA June 12, 2014 FICPA MEGA CPE Conference "Professional Issues Update: How technology affects the future of learning for CPAs The Shift Change
Tom Hood, CPA, CITP, CGMA June 12, 2014 FICPA MEGA CPE Conference "Professional Issues Update: How technology affects the future of learning for CPAs Top 10 Technology Initiatives
AICPA 2013 North America Top Technology IniLaLves Survey Results “Ignorance in the face of change always generates two things, fear and confusion.”
- Dan Sullivan
"Always Increase Your Confidence" -­‐ Dan Sullivan, Strategic Coach ANTICIPATING CHANGE
Change. “We don’t like change
because change is
disruptive to our way of
doing things and it
usually"
represents a lot of
additional work.”"
"
Daniel Burrus Daniel Burrus LinkedIn -­‐ 06/06/14 "Predictable Change: Learn to Profit Now" Change from the Inside Out
Past
Future
•  Agility –
•  Anticipation –
“the competition and the
marketplace are changing so
fast, everything’s changing
so fast, that if you want to
survive, you need to be
incredibly agile.”
•  Proactive –
“the quality of taking
responsibility for what
happens in one’s life as opposed to lefng oneself be at the mercy of external influences or circumstances.” “Change has become simply
too fast for even the best
reaction time to be fast
enough.”
•  Preactive –
“We don’t just need to take
positive action: we need to
take positive action that
anticipates future known
events.”
Flash Foresight -­‐ Daniel Burrus Change from the Inside Out
Outside
Inside
•  Disruptive –
“but this is generally true
only when change comes
from the outside in.”
–  New law is passed
–  Competitor
–  New Technology
•  Purposeful –
“where growth comes from,
both personal growth and
organizational growth.”
–  Prepare for law changes
–  Force competitors to react
–  Embrace Technologies Constant Crisis Manager
Flash Foresight -­‐ Daniel Burrus Opportunity Manager
Stop:
Put all your current problems aside and
decide to become an anticipatory individual and/or organization.
Become preactive!
Flash Foresight -­‐ Daniel Burrus Look:
Take a look into the visible future.
The only way you can possibly get
ahead of the curve is to solve tomorrow’s problems
today…
in other words, solve them before they
happen! Flash Foresight -­‐ Daniel Burrus Listen:
Listen to what your intuition is telling you about those future problems and to
clues that might be lying just outside
your range of vision.
This strengthens your sense of Flash Foresight helping you to
see solutions to future problems.
Flash Foresight -­‐ Daniel Burrus IMPLEMENTING CHANGE
Do. 1.
Communicate the
threat of NOT changing.
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Involve your team in decision making (when possible)
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Minimize uncertainty. www.be@erbusinesslearning.com 4.
Celebrate
successes in moving towards the goal!
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Keep explaining the reasons to change.
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Be as transparent as possible.
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Contact Information
Mike Johnson ChangeMongers, LLC. Cell: 850.232.4040 Email: mike.johnson@changemongers.com Twi@er: @mjohnsoncm Web: www.changemongers.com