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Ep311 - Dr. John Kotter | Change

Jan 13, 2023
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INSIGHT

Why People And Organizations Resist Rapid Change

  • Humans are evolutionarily biased toward stability and survival, which makes rapid change psychologically difficult.
  • Organizations built for stable industrial-era conditions therefore struggle in today's accelerating, volatile world.
ADVICE

Move Beyond Annual Strategic Planning

  • Don't rely on traditional annual strategic planning alone to handle fast change.
  • Shift from purely management-centric planning to leadership-driven efforts that create vision, urgency, and rapid adaptation.
INSIGHT

Scale Creates Bureaucracy, Not Agility

  • Organizations naturally evolve from networked start-ups into hierarchical bureaucracies as they scale.
  • That hierarchy is efficient but not optimized for the continuous adaptation needed today, so both network and hierarchy are required.
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