Ideas for Transformation
#66 Leading the Change – Catalyst and Enzyme, part 2
By RCG
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January 18th, 2009
• Recorded: December 5, 2008 •
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In the previous talk, we have explored the difference between being a catalyst and an enzyme of change. In this episode, we continue our discussion, and move it into the realm of personal stories, experiences, and learnings.
In this talk, we cover the following topics:
- Personal stories
- Learning NLP
- Relationships and jealousy
- Changes in business
- Switching from catalyst to enzyme, and from enzyme to catalyst
Technocrati Tags: Change, Transformation, Catalyst, Enzyme, Structural Change, Deming
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Enzyme is to expensive what catalyst is to expansive.
It is context-dependent.
For example, for a 12-year-old immigrant child, learning English is a catalyst toward greater opportunity, in which the learning process does not consume her. For her, the endeavor is totally expansive.
For the 55-year-old immigrant, learning English is an enzyme, consuming a high degree of time and energy, and mastery may never be achieved. For him, the endeavor may be worthwhile, but is also very expensive.
Craig,
Interesting angle… But I think you’re mixing the metaphors here. The distinction we’ve been making is whether *you* as a leader acting as a catalyst or as an enzyme for something greater than you – that is, whether what you are changing out there changes you in the process (and to what degree).
Also, learning English is an internal change that certainly affects the person whether they breath through the change or suffer through it.
Perhaps, a slight modification of your example may work better – a child wanting to get support from people around her would learn their language, the culture – basically learn the game, becoming truly American in the process (enzyme), while an old man might try to reconstruct his environment as close to his country of origin as he can, and operate within the rules he already knows (catalyst).
BTW, I’ve seen this happen, both cases.
Craig IMO learning a new language no matter what the age is a deep change, as when the language changes, who we are changes, when we adopt a new language, we adopt a new way of being.
M
PS Language is the house of being
change the house, and the way the being lives changes
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