The New Book “Change Insight” Quote Collection II

There are many books written about changes, but very few dig into the mindset level. Change Management starts with a thought, with a flash of insight, insight is the act or result of understanding the inner nature of changes or of seeing things intuitively, Here are a set of insightful quotes to inspire change and convey the digital philosophy of Change Management:

32 Be humble, desire insight, squash arrogance, and be cognizance of unknown.33 Change Management can become more successful with people at the core of change, the cause of change and the purpose of change. 34 Managing change is no longer a one-time project, but an ongoing business capability.35 Innovation is the change, Change Management needs to be an integral part of innovation management.36 The “result” of micromanagement is perhaps tangible in the short run, but more often causes damage for the long term.37 Change Management is both art and science.38 To think critically, it is fist maturing and distancing a bit from self, no matter what level one lives on Maslow’s hierarchy of needs.39 To clear the path, whether that be the elimination of obstacles, closing the blind spots, or to provide guidance, so that the business as a whole can take a digital leap and unleash its full potential.40 Perhaps the difficulty in measuring Change Management is that the very thing we are measuring is changing.41 It’s probably better and more accessible to measure change readiness rather than change progress.42 Whatever the measurement system is, it needs to be consistent, repeatable and as unbiased as possible.43 Selecting the right measure and measuring things right are both art and science. And KPIs influence management behavior as well as business culture.44 If you make change part of your operation routine and your DNA, and then change becomes easier to deal with, and even become an ongoing core business capability.45 To make change sustain, the important thing is “end-to-end” performance.46 Have always looked at a lag measures as the method for measuring the outcomes and the lead measure as the bet you make.47 If you make change part of your operation routine and your DNA, and then change becomes easier to deal with, and even become an ongoing core business capability.48 The overall organizational health needs to be measured via employee engagement, culture readiness, business agility, and customer-centricity. 49 Organizational maturity is not just about technical excellence or process efficiency, but also about business effectiveness, agility, innovation intelligence, and people-centricity.50 The future or organizations have amazing digital traits such as customer-centricity, empathy, and participation.51 Forward-thinking means to focus on the future, even a few steps ahead, to build a long-term prosperity.52 Structure and behavior are two elements co-working in every organism in nature and in every system designed by human culture. 53 An agile organization is one that is open to change and can adapt readily when change is needed.54 The organizational fit is the good balance of the fitting attitude and misfit thinking.55 Wisdom in the workplace means to inspire creativity, learning, and progression, but discourage unprofessionalism and negativity.56 For humans to move to higher ground, we must have different views, but share the common ground as well.57 The multidimensional digital effects provide impressive advantages in terms of the speed of delivery, the quality of information for decision making, and the wisdom of digital workforce.58 One of the good reasons for change is to keep the organization fit, and a fitting business has better changeability and higher agility as well.
59 Awareness is the first step of Change Management, it starts from the mindset level.
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