Failure happens. I slip and I fall. It happens more than I want it to happen. I am on my quest to find out what are the early signs of a failure. Geoffrey M. Bellman shares good perspective on it in his book The Consultant’s Calling: Bringing Who You Are to What You Do, New and Revised.
Here is Bellman’s list:
- There are too few resources.
- There is too much training.
- There is a lack of leadership.
- Change is pursued as an event.
- Change is pursued in isolation.
- There is "flavor of the year" change.
- There are many unconnected changes.
- Meaning is lost in methods.
Let me share with you my personal view on each one of the above statements.
