Recently, I was asked by a wonderful podcast host on what constitutes  "good reinvention."

Should it always be a monumental, revolutionary, breakthrough kind of change?

Or could it possibly be a more manageable incremental improvement?

My answer got him so surprised that he chose it as the main quote to advertise the podcast.

(And those of you who already read The Chief Reinvention Officer Handbook will remember page 180).

Our research indicates at least nine different types of reinvention - which differ in both scope and intensity, as our wonderful Reinvention Portfolio Canvas suggests :

Understanding the variety of options available to you - and being able to choose which type of reinvention is the most fitting to your needs right now is the key to successful reinvention.

So, to help you with this task in both career and company reinvention, we've spent an hour discussing:

WHY reinventing your skillset is going to become one of the most important skills of the...

2021 is upon us. I hope this year will be a year of light.

Yet, if you had turned on the news in the recent days, I know my wishes of a bright and easy New Year are most likely already made impossible by a disruption or crisis of some sort.

With challenges coming at every corner, it's tempting to despair or grow thinking of any possibility of a better life, a stronger business, or a healthier community.

But what if I told you you've already become a master of reinvention - without even knowing it?

Take, for example, economic challenges. If you were to guess, how many economic crises have we already survived in the recent past - say since 1988?

The answer is as shocking as it is full of hope.

Although popular economic folklore highlights the Great Depression that started in 1929 and the Great Recession that erupted in 2008, there were many others.

Even if we forget regional or industry-specific crises and focus only on country...

It's Christmas time - and whether you are celebrating or not, this is the time of the year that the whole world seems to be looking for the perfect gift.

While I am sure your gifts for your loved ones are already taken care of, my concern is for what you have decided to give to yourself.

And I have an idea.

Perhaps more than any other year, 2020 has shown us that we live in a special era.

The late 1920s ushered the time of the Great Depression. 
2008 was the start of the Great Recession.
2020 moved us into the age of the Great Reinvention.

Whether it's your career, your organization, your family, or your community, one thing is clear: there will be no "business as usual."

The world is accelerating, with new crises AND new opportunities continuously asking us all to reinvent. To renew. To re-think. To re-imagine.

And that's why the greatest gift we can all give ourselves is to become Chief Reinvention Officers of our own lives.

To give ourselves permission...

It's December and this entire month we are looking back at a remarkable, unbelievable, disruptive 2020 - and extracting the best ideas, insights, and resources to take into 2021.

Last week I shared never-before-seen data from our 2020 Global Reinvention Survey.

(Can you believe that to survive and thrive today, a whopping 60% of people are reinventing their business every 3 years or less?!)

This week I want to look back at another major milestone - the collective effort that resulted in the release of "The Chief Reinvention Officer Handbook: How to Thrive in Chaos":

More than 3,000 people contributed to this book, testing each of the 9 tools in real organizations around the globe, participating in our research, and polishing the featured cases, worksheets, and insights.

Since its release in late October, the Handbook:

1. Made its way into the hands of reinvention trailblazers who are leading reinvention efforts in Germany, Australia, South Africa,...

Time for my traditional Reinvention Weekly - and this week we're talking about a personal reinvention hack that provided SO much benefit in my life that I simple have to share it!

So, here is the thing.

To reinvent on time, to stay relevant, to notice trends before they hit us, it's crucial to develop a system for anticipating change.

Trusting a chance or getting occasional input at a conference or industry-specific publication worked well when things were more stable, but in todays volatile unpredictable world, missing a trend might cost you your business - or career.

In companies, we build a trend-watching system that works like a clock - providing regular timely warnings for threats and opportunities emerging on the horizon.

But about us as individuals?

How do we stay on top of trends that might disrupt our life and career?

How do we make sure we do this systematically - rather than rely on "happy accidents" to help us stay future-ready?

My answer? Create a...