How much more data do we need to act effectively upon the truth that most ‘change’ initiatives fail? I believe the biggest failure is that we don’t learn from the 75% failure rate. Nor do we learn from the 25% that do succeed. Surely as we learn other lessons from the COVID pandemic we can […]
Photo by Arseny Togulev on Unsplash Max, the CEO, shook his head in disbelief. “I can’t commit to this spending now” he said. He faced his CFO and CTO, who were urging him to replace the old mainframe computer and adopt the recommended SaaS program that would integrate all function data within the national logistics business. “The board […]
Photo by chuttersnap on Unsplash No business owner intends to kill their business. But too often they do, unintentionally. The error is an act of misunderstanding. The aim was to improve the business, not kill it. The problem was that the people didn’t respond to the need or the way to improve. They simply saw it as meaningless […]
Photo by Ross Findon on Unsplash Leading change is one of the most important frequent functions of leadership, isn’t it? Ineffective leadership of change is a big contributor to change programs failing. Here’s where it fails: Inadequate planning and preparation. The reason for change has not been made clear nor compelling. The frequent supportive communication, coaching, patience and […]
If the collective brain doesn’t rewire sufficiently to embrace the desired change, the result is failure to change. It’s that simple. The many elaborate change models used by organisations have the astoundingly consistent failure rate of 70%. Most of those models do not adequately address the reality that change will not occur in the person […]
