92. Disrupting the Status Quo with Christina Blacken

How do you build deeper trust, belonging, and a commitment to innovation in yourself as a leader within your team - shift the status quo. Numbers and data aren't enough to move people to action around new ideas. Our guest on this episode, Christina Blacken shares that change comes from a status quo shifting story. Christina is the Founder and Chief Narrative Strategist of The New Quo, a leadership development and equity consultancy helping leaders leverage the psychological power of story to transform behavior, build inclusive culture, and achieve status quo breaking goals that expresses their values of diversity, equity, and inclusion in action. She does this through training, online courses, facilitated conversations, and consulting. It is her mission is to teach leaders how to tap into the power of their narrative intelligence to bridge divides, build community, gain buy-in for bold equitable ideas, and master the negative self-talk in the way of change and innovation. Her services are built upon a framework she has developed called the ⁠Status-Quo Shifting ⁠Method that uses behavioral science based change strategies to help you use narrative to transform yourself, your teams, and your culture for the better. Christina is a powerful disrupter and in this episode, she shares her story of what she is building, challenging, and creating through her desire to change the status quo for the better through ideas. To learn more, head over to www.thenewquo.com and follow Christina Blacken on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/christinablacken/ *********************** What if the only person standing in your way was YOU? Join The Unlearning Lab Community! A signature group coaching membership program that will help you unlearn the toxic stories that you have had on repeat for far too long and have been holding you back. Seats are open here: https://keap.page/jvg567/june-2023-the-unlearning-lab.html