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Continuous Change
Continuous Improvement means Continuous Change
Companies that are competitive and sustainable are agile and ready for change. They don’t wait for a crisis to finally make required change.
The advantages of continuous change are:
• Small changes are easier to manage.
• Small changes enjoy greater probability of success than big ones.
• Disruption is short-term and confined to small units at any given time.
• The organization and its people are kept in a constant state of competitiveness and change-readiness.
Given human differences, we can speculate that the human capacity to handle continuous change is tied to expectations. The key is to integrate change into routine, standard work. People can handle regular change as long as it is:
• Explained right;
• Anticipated;
• Handled in manageable doses;
• Participatory rather than imposed; and,
• Made routine.
Continuous incremental change can save organizations from the need to adopt massive change initiatives. Such ongoing change can produce a body of managers and employees who have learned from repeated experience how to plan and implement change, making the overall organization more flexible and change-ready in the future.
The Learning Organization
• Individuals are curious and eager to learn
• People share information freely and efficiently
• Systems exist to share learnings and expertise
between teams
• Collective mindset to continually enhance the
individual and collective capabilities of everyone
in the company
• Change is seen as an opportunity to improve
and grow
Leadership
Front Line Leadership Module: Leadership
Learning Organization
Sustainability
Learning Organization
Culture
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