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.

Despite all this experience we’ve had with change, most organizations still are not very good at it. In the Sixties and Seventies, only 20% of change initiatives met expectations. Today, that figure is still stuck at 20%.

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.

That’s what’s happening in business today. Everywhere you look, organizations are merging and purging – or selling out and shutting down. The consequences for not being able to keep up are dire.

Depressing? Looking for an upside? Well… It doesn’t have to be this way.

Humans are the most changeable, adaptable species ever to walk the Earth, and we don’t like to go down without a fight. Unlike other animals, we try to figure out what’s going on and work out solutions. It’s what makes us human.

And when it comes to corporate change, some of us have figured it out. For these lucky few, change is more a science than an art. They use proven approaches that give them consistently positive results.

Business Change Management
Find out more: implementing 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.

Business Change Management
Find out more: implementing change

(No Ratings Yet)

 Loading ...

Share This  |  Email It  |  |  Subscribe to It!
This entry was posted on Sunday, November 23rd, 2008 at 1:37 am and is filed under Marketing and Advertising. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.