We are awash in change. It's everywhere you look. The rate of change we have experienced over the last 100 years is absolutely unprecedented.
For thousands and thousands of years, humans moved no faster than a man could walk. Then for thousands more it was no faster than a horse. Then in a few short decades we developed trains, cars, planes, and rocket ships. And our communication travels the speed of light.
But what many do not realize is that it's far from letting up, the rate of change is actually increasing. Faxes were adopted faster than telephones. Email was adopted faster than faxes. It took years for CDs to kill the LP, while DVDs torched VHS almost overnight. Things are speeding up; more and more, change is afoot.
Surprisingly though, most organizations don't seem to be getting any better at it. Thirty years ago, about 80% of all change initiatives ended in failure. Today, that figure is about... uh... 80%.
But today, a 20% success rate isn't cutting it anymore.
How can an organization survive in an environment of constant, rapid, and increasing change if they fail at 80% of the change they attempt?
The answer is they can't... and they aren't.
It's nature's way. Species that don't adapt to change; die out and make room for others that are better suited to the new environment. The system adapts because the individual organism dies out.
The same is happening in business today. Have you noticed that more and more business organizations are disappearing these days? Merged, purged, or on the verge? Organizations today are paying a heavy toll for their inability to change.
Depressing? Looking for an upside?
Well... It doesn't have to be this way.
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With the possible exception of the cockroach, humans are the most changeable, most adaptable species the planet has ever produced. We are not wired to step aside and let the next Johnny-come-lately primate forward. Humans by their very nature must try to figure out what the new environment demands and work out some solution to make it happen.
And so it is with organizational change. The good news is that organizational change is no longer voodoo; it's a science; people have figured it out. And by consistently applying the principles they have already discovered and proven time and again in real-world organizations around the world, you can become a master of the game of change.
Imagine what that skill set can buy you when the rest of the world is still only hitting one out of five!
Our articles will reveal to you the keys to the kingdom; the specific and practical steps that will make you the rarest of all species: the change master.
Never fear! Change masters may be rare, but they are never
endangered.
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