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Figure 3-2
The slides that Terry uses demonstrate that progress entails change.
We can look at the information Terry presents both chronologically
and metaphorically. If we look at the information chronologically, we
can clearly see that how flight attendants did their jobs in the early
days of flying in very different from the way that job is carried out
today. At a metaphorical level, these slides represent the changes we
must all undergo in order to progress. Terry uses these slides to anchor
the topic of change management both chronologically and metaphorically.
In this case, the mixed structure works beautifully. It was
fun and so unique that it is remembered as vividly today as when it
was presented a number of years ago.
3. Make Sure It Is Cohesive
In the perfect symphony, the composer must make sure that every
note that should be in the symphony is included and that every
note that should not be included is excluded, as the following quotation
from Leonard Bernstein 2 so artfully points out.
We are going to try to perform for you today a curious and
rather difficult experiment. We’re going to take the first movement
of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony and rewrite it. Now don’t
get scared; we’re going to use only notes that Beethoven himself