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Advice is never to leave for a walking adventure without a map and
compass – and a sandwich, drink and set of waterproofs is also a good
idea. In business we have our plan as
our map. But just as the map we read and mark while sitting in the comfort of
our warm and dry home, the plan we create in our offices is never going to be
what actually happens.
A tree may have fallen across the path – a barrier
to change is discovered that the plan didn't take into account. Someone twists an ankle – a key staff member
goes off on long term sickness. It snows – a new directive from on high impacts
the organisational plan
Never set out without a plan, but never assume that having spent hours
(or days, weeks, months) on the plan that the event is now sorted. The plan is
prework. No imagining beforehand can take the place of an actual walk under the
trees, beside the sea or over a field. Similarly, no amount of planning can
predict the actual path and experience that any organisational change will take.
