Change Management as a subject is broad as well as deep. I’m keenly exploring this question for quite some time, piecing together my observations from various projects I worked on over the years and also looking for clues from others’ experiences.  The more and more I look into it, the more paradoxical it appears – I simply call it “the change paradox”.

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Change paradox:  “Change” doesn’t like change. 

For me it is the fundamental reason why change fails. Change requires consistency & stability. Sounds contradictory, hence calling it a paradox.

 To reiterate, the keywords here are a) consistency and b) stability.

 Consistency: By consistency, I mean, the change-set shall be applied consistently over a period of time in order to make that change a new normal.

Stability: For consistent application of change-set, the environment around the change-subjects got to be stable.  It is about stability, not being “constant”. Stability can be attained through dynamic equilibrium. 

So, how this theory translates into practice?