An organizational design consultant in post-apartheid South Africa commented on how much of the emphasis in institutions is on articulating an exciting vision of the future. [But] selling the vision of a new, exciting future to people who are still in grief is akin to telling a grieving husband at the grave of his wife to marvel at the beauty and virtues of potential wives standing around the grave. Such thinking ignores the loss, hurt, and pain that comes with change. The widower must first grieve his spouse before he can see and appreciate new possibilities.5
