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about change that creates a new climate of growth and learning for all who live and work within the organization. A new organizational structure emerges. It is designed to decentralize authority so that throughout the organization decisions are appropriately driven by the residents’ desires, needs and direction. As this redesigned organization moves along the deep change progression, it designs its future physical environment, garnering necessary resources and partnerships to create a true home for the people who reside there.
This Matrix frames the transformational journey and the balance of this book. Using the Matrix, the authors will journey with you in the following pages, through the stages of change from institution to home.
Change is difficult and often times scary. As discussed earlier, we have a natural tendency to resist it. But change becomes more palatable when we can see the road ahead. It is easier to “let go” when we can see what we are embracing next. This Matrix, and the ensuing chapters are intended to be a map with signposts along the your highway of change.
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