“Can we please take a fact-based approach to the subject?” We’ve all heard those words. Mostly used by a male colleague and usually regarding a female colleague. This statement can mean different things. Sometimes the speaker wants the issue to be discussed in a less...
This essay was written as an internal assignment of HMC and thus does not follow the classic HMC blog article format. Nevertheless, we would like to share our thoughts on this topic with you and hope that it will serve as an inspiration for you to go beyond that and...
“Let’s stick to the facts and make some progress” is something often heard in everyday working life in all kinds of organizations, projects and programs. It almost sounds like a paradox to us Change Managers. “Mangers are often speechless when it comes to emotional...
In any change process or transformation, there is resistance. It has always been so and it will most likely always be so in future. Unless humans change this as part of our evolution. A common fallacy is that I or people in general have to work against this...
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” This quote by Albert Einstein really sums up what has to be done if you want to initiate a change process. It doesn’t matter if you’re in a period of growth or reorganization, any...
It’s always intriguing. Have you ever thought it must be clear, yes, it must be so simple to see what needs to change in your organization… but you can’t work out where to start? Or do you see how almost everyone moans and complains about the current situation...
