Change or (r)Evolution ?

Every day I hear people in organizations talk about Change. We have change managers, change agents, change programs, ... it seems like there is nothing else but change. And we all know, change is often associated with rather negative feelings, like shock, denial, frustration, depression, stress, anger, ... (check Kubler Ross curve to find more out about it). SInce organizations are always changing changing changing, employees always go through these emotions, which impacts their productivity.

Evolutions and Revolutions (the only difference between these two is that revolution are more enthousiast evolutions) are associated with emotions like hope. Hope for a new future, hope for a better life, hope for progress, ...

So next time you'd better start a revolution instead of yet another change program. Just be aware, revolutions require bigger commitment and engagement from everyone and that is why they last longer than any change program.

PS. Start by switching your jobtitle from Change Manager into Evolution Manager and behave upon it