Root Cause LO8040

jack hirschfeld (jack@his.com)
Sat, 22 Jun 1996 21:39:26 -0400

Replying to LO7984 --

Carol Sager asks:

>Today business is forced to make change in a very narrow
>timeframe, working only with the top 20% and dragging many of the rest
>"kicking and screaming". While this might be a bit of hyperbole, the
>question is, what are the best options for systemic change when you
>don't have adequate time to promote buy-in?

to which I would reply:

Slow down,take your time and learn a lesson from the maternity ward. No
"fast-paced environment" or "mandate for change" or "permanent white
water" will alter the 9-month term of pregnancy. Even with the best
technology, a baby born early in the third trimester is a very expensive
proposition (in business terms, one must ask if it's cost effective), and
if born in the second trimester, its chances for survival are very iffy
and its ability to thrive is severely limited during the first year.

--

Jack Hirschfeld Isn't it queer? Losing my timing this late in my jack@his.com career? And where are the clowns?

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