THE MISTAKE OF DOING NOTHING

"To keep oneself safe does not mean to bury oneself."

Seneca (4 BC-65) Roman philosopher and playwright.

The fear of making a mistake is what keeps many from attempting changes they would otherwise like to make.

There's no need for that, it's a certainty; you will make mistakes and the first one will be believing you won't if you never make the attempt.

Not On My Watch!

"Change tends to be viewed as a threat to our control."

Unknown

Probably.

And if so it is a big part of the reason so many managers are so uncomfortable with change.

How much of the change your company has undergone can you say began with you?

The Danger of Status Quo Management

"After living with their dysfunctional behavior for so many years (a sunk cost if there ever was one), people become invested in defending their dysfunctions rather than changing them."

Dr. Marshall Goldsmith
Author

Good to think of this the next time we decide to launch an impassioned defense of our beliefs.

Risk Management: Stay or Go?

"We all have to decide how we are going to fail.. by not going far enough or by going too far."

Sumner Redstone

When it comes to risk assessment which is what this is about, the only thing I would change in Sumner's quote would be the substitution of "might" for "are going to". But that aside, his primary point is well taken. In today's economy not acting can be as risky as attempting something radically different.