Alex Ostreiko

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We were transforming to a new state at The Commission, so in some respects, we wanted to ignore the current state, and the reasons why agile “wouldn’t” work. In Lean Change Management, Options are designed to help people take an action that will get them to their desired future state without worrying about the current state.
Alex Ostreiko
The inevitable response to this is that if we ignore mistakes we're doomed to repeat them. How do we counter that? Perhaps it's similar to a situation where the resources that would have otherwise gone into R&D are now fixing legacy configurations, sometimes even having to copy dysfunctions to ensure continuity. A simple metaphor is that of burying one's head in the sand. Another rebuttal is that a general change in direction is what is needed. The metaphor here would be of trying to fix the car that's going the wrong direction. Anyway, is there a class of problems for which the solution involves moving the focus away from the problem itself? Which psychologist said that we grow out of our problems more often than resolve them? Consider, for instance, category types — the problem can be viewed as that of identity, ability, circumstance, location, etc.
Lean Change Management: Innovative practices for managing organizational change
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