David Speiser

Provides strategic counsel and advises on performance transformation to state and local governments as well as public and private universities and systems Works closely with clients to build organizational capabilities to sustain long-term growth. January 6, 2020Why do some ideas, products, and behaviors take hold and spread like wildfire, while others never catch on?

Leadership development at scale—where the goal is to sustainably shift the behaviors of an organization across the board—requires a tipping point for new leadership behaviors to take hold. Why do some ideas, products, and behaviors take hold and spread like wildfire, while others never catch on? A popular theory on change cites three factors—reaching the right people, a “sticky” message, and a conducive context—to reach a critical mass and tipping point where real change takes hold.