Continuous Change
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Continuous Improvement - Challenge the status quo Continuous Learning - updating knowledge base Continuous Adaptation - open change receptive cultures
Change as a discontinuous process
Occaisonally a real or imaginary crisis can jolt an organisation - bursts of activity followed by consolidation
e.g. Budget airlines has forced Major airlines to cut costs by 50% per seat
Sabena went bankrupt becuase the Mckinsey strategy was too high risk and there wasnt the financial stability to underpin it
Things can go badly wrong then co's change their architecture
Opacity - limited foresight in to how different units in an organization are interconnected Asperity - An organizational culture that wont accept change