8 Things to Remember When Shift Happens
(1) CommentThis is the last post in my series on the evolution of organizational paradigms. Sometimes the only thing required for a business initiative to succeed is an occasional adjustment in the way people operate within the organization. Other times, success requires dramatic, fundamental alterations not only in how people work but also in their view of the business itself, their customers, their roles, etc.—“paradigm shifts.” These change projects are the ultimate challenge and should be entered into cautiously. Yet, today’s competitive markets demand more leaps of this magnitude than ever before. This means more
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Patterns Aren’t Created, They Are Revealed
We don’t own patterns, yet we are all responsible for them.
Some of us might be fortunate enough to be the first to observe and document a pattern, but we didn’t invent it, we uncovered it. Adjusting to the unfamiliar has been part of the human experience since the beginning of time. Any change-related pattern we use was in play long before any of us started practicing this craft. And even though some of us have fashioned our own particular way of articulating transition dynamics (nomenclature, principles, guidelines, axioms) the basic patterns can’t be commandeered by any of us.
So, we can’t take credit for conceiving the patterns of change, but because we did discover them, we have a responsibility more
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