The development step to becoming a larger company is challenging and needs careful consideration before the implementation starts. From my experience, here are some generally applicable thoughts before deciding to grow towards the next level of organization.

Dealing with change is a natural process. But when people express a natural reaction to change, we find it annoying and say, "They are resistant to the change.” Unjustified.

How do you organize a process that will help to define a challenging vision that feels sufficiently uncomfortable enough and inspires to act towards a renewed, meaningful future?

Organizational change is not difficult as long as changes come step by step, one by one. Then you can adjust yourself to it, get used to it and gradually go along with the changed situation. 

It becomes different when several changes run simultaneously. And new changes follow each other rapidly or overlap. 

You can't change if you keep doing what you've always done. Yet, it is not easy to start doing things differently than you are used to.

Today I am talking about the noble art of letting go. How to free yourself from what has kept you where you are until now.

Change happens constantly in the world around us. I find it educational to learn valuable lessons from our natural environment that help increase the effectiveness of change projects. In this post, I share 3 reminders from everyday life that help you become a more effective change leader.

Suppose you were a blacksmith in 1908, what choice would you have to make towards the future? The demand for horseshoes declined, but there were not yet enough cars for a profitable tire business. What are you doing then? In retrospect, the answer is simple, but in 1908 it was not easy.

The big leading question for many businesses today is how to implement the learnings from the COVID-19-crisis in their culture and operations. Given the dramatic changes we have seen in the fields of employee relations, customer relations and even carbon footprint, it would be a hugely missed opportunity not to seize the momentum and the learnings.