How do you put together the team that can lead a civic project to success? First you need to see the road ahead. Then you have to find the mix of talents and connections to navigate all the twists and turns. http://otiswhite.com/how-a-leader-assembles-a-winning-team/ #civiclead #greatprojects

Great leaders see the way forward … and sometimes that rises to the level of “genius." http://otiswhite.com/leadership-as-a-kind-of-genius/ #civiclead #greatprojects

Progress comes to cities through civic projects. Why, then, do we know so little about these things? http://otiswhite.com/units-of-civic-progress/ #civiclead #greatprojects

Articulating the “why": It’s critical to building an army of supporters for civic projects. http://otiswhite.com/how-to-build-an-army-of-supporters/ #civiclead #greatprojects

Great projects take shape when leaders discover complementary interests. Oh, and a little luck helps too. http://otiswhite.com/how-odd-couples-complementary-needs-and-chance-can-change-cities/ #civiclead #greatprojects

When does your city need a great civic project, where do these things come from, and how are they managed? Here are seven elements of highly successful civic projects. http://otiswhite.com/seven-habits-of-highly-successful-civic-projects/ #civiclead #greatprojects

Known and credible: Champions are important second-stage leaders in a change effort. Here’s why. http://otiswhite.com/enter-the-champion/ #civiclead #greatprojects

How do you put together the team that can lead a civic project to success? First you need to see the road ahead. Then you have to find the mix of talents and connections to navigate all the twists and turns. http://otiswhite.com/how-a-leader-assembles-a-winning-team/ #civiclead #greatprojects

Rules for Reformers: How the formula D x M x P explains why some change efforts succeed and others fail. http://otiswhite.com/a-formula-for-change/ #civiclead #greatprojects Second of eight lessons

Rules for Reformers: The three Ps every civic change effort must reckon with. http://otiswhite.com/three-ps-of-public-policy/ #civiclead #greatprojects First of eight lessons

A map of community change: The final phase is getting a decision from others. This involves focused persuasion. And what persuades people to accept change? Need, vision and plan. Oh, and a little luck. http://otiswhite.com/decision-phase-focused-persuasion/ #civiclead #greatprojects Fifth of five lessons

A map of community change: The key to navigating from one phase to another in a change process is to have a “guiding coalition.” But be aware that this coalition will change along the way. And it should. http://otiswhite.com/connecting-the-phases-the-guiding-coalition/ #civiclead #greatprojects Fourth of five lessons

A map of community change: The planning phase is the necessary slog of civic progress. It’s where you begin with a workable solution and refine it slowly, as you answer objection after objection after objection. http://otiswhite.com/planning-phase-the-slog-of-civic-projects-and-why-its-critical/ #civiclead #greatprojects Third of five lessons

A map of community change: There are three phases. The first involves lots of people talking … in a structured way. And the key here is not to rush to answers. http://otiswhite.com/discussion-phase-how-need-relationships-and-ideas-begin-the-change-process/ #civiclead #greatprojects Second of five lessons

A map of community change: Can you draw a process as complicated as community change on a single sheet of paper? Let’s try. http://otiswhite.com/a-map-of-community-change/ #civiclead #greatprojects First of five lessons

Covering city hall: Most big civic projects don’t begin at city hall. So what IS local gov’t’s role? http://otiswhite.com/the-switching-yard-of-change/ #civiclead #greatprojects Lesson two of seven.

Progress comes to cities through civic projects. Why, then, do we know so little about these things? http://otiswhite.com/units-of-civic-progress/ #civiclead #greatprojects

How do you put together the team that can lead a civic project to success? First you need to see the road ahead. Then you have to find the mix of talents and connections to navigate all the twists and turns. http://otiswhite.com/how-a-leader-assembles-a-winning-team/ #civiclead #greatprojects

Known and credible: Champions are important second-stage leaders in a change effort. Here’s why. http://otiswhite.com/enter-the-champion/ #civiclead #greatprojects

Change the way people think about issues with respectful criticism, facts … and a new, positive frame. http://otiswhite.com/reframing-your-communitys-mind/ #civiclead #greatprojects