Should buy-in or consensus be necessary to drive change in corporates?
Nature doesn’t consult with anyone. It doesn’t seek buy-in or consensus. It imposes change. It doesn’t offer any option. Even if the intensity of change is high, like in cases of bereavement or natural calamity, human beings have always adapted and lived on despite severe personal losses. On the contrary, the amount of time that is spent in the corporates to win people over while implementing change is humungous. Many change initiatives are dropped because some folks, who may not even be directly related or affected but are “important”, did not buy into the “new.” What do you have to say? Should the corporates continue “selling” change and ensure consensus before implementing it? Or should the corporates learn from the nature and impose change with the assumption that the able will adapt, survive and prosper while the unfit will perish? I am aware about the middle path. If that’s your answer, please indicate your skew. Thanks in advance for your valuable insights.
