Bending Granite: 30 Stories about Change -- June 23 PEN Webinar

The Performance Excellence Network — in partnership with the Wisconsin Center for Performance Excellence — is pleased to host an online webinar discussion on Thursday, June 23: “Bending Granite: 30 Stories about Change.”  The discussion will be facilitated by Tom Mosgaller (director of change management at UW-Madison) and Tim Hallock (retired from the Wisconsin Dept of Health Services and SSM Healthcare). 

In their book, Bending Granite: Leading Change with Purpose, individual difference-makers share their passion for an organization they cared for deeply.   Through persistence and patience, they nudged change forward day by day, one improvement at a time -- no big bang, no instant pudding, no quick fixes -- only through the steady tap, tap, tap on their individual pieces of granite could they shape but not break the organizations they loved. 

Tom and Tim will tell three key stories: how the book got written, its relevance to today's gnarly problems, and the paradox of bending granite.  Without getting into the weeds of change science, but rather the practice of storytelling, Tom and Tim will read from the book, sharing some timeless stories and the lessons captured.  Lessons practiced thousands of years in the past and still being practiced and perfected today.

Tim and Tom will offer a light-hearted, fun morning of storytelling and discussion about change.  For those interested in more information about Tom and Tim and the book, go to Bending.Granite.org.

This session is Thursday, June 23 from 8:00-9:00 CT (optional networking and mingling 7:45-8:00) using Zoom MEETING. Grab your coffee and breakfast, and join us for a rich discussion. Free for PEN/WCPE members; $20 for non-members.

Can’t make it live but interested in the content? Register anyway: all registered attendees get a link to the recording after the session!