“I think we have to notice that the business processes we use right now for thinking and planning and budgeting and strategy are all delivered on very tight agendas.”
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Organisations are now confronted with two sources of change: the traditional type that is initiated and managed and external changes over which no one has control.
Determination, energy, and courage appear spontaneously when we care deeply about something. We take risks that are unimaginable in any other context.
The nature of the global business environment guarantees that no matter how hard we work to create a stable and healthy organisation, our organisation will continue to experience dramatic changes far beyond our control.
Probably the most visible example of unintended consequences, is what happens every time humans try to change the natural ecology of a place.