Organizational Culture Change LO18267

Richard C. Holloway (learnshops@thresholds.com)
Thu, 04 Jun 1998 09:39:25 -0700

Replying to LO18263 --

Fran--

my skeptical (and considered) response is that most of the people who
you've described are among the minority of people who love change (and who
make a living out of advocating change). it's easy for them to see change
because they live for and embrace it.

> No, that wasn't my assumption. My question is why do authors, consultants
> and researchers see change where others don't? 'More able' to see change
> acknowledges the advantage of people on the edge of a system to see some
> things that others might not. But how often is that vantage used well,
> with the maximum possible objectivity?
>
> The word 'compelled' was meant to suggest that it is very important to
> those people to see change regardless of its occurrence.I assume that one
> can sell more books or have more consulting engagements when one can tell
> stories of Great Outcomes.
>

walk in peace,

Doc

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