Caring for tradition can make change possible.
. Her trajectory, apparently, is common. Top leaders speak a good game of empowerment and disruption, my students tell me, but as soon as their plans challenge traditional strategy and culture — and genuine transformations involve challenging both — resistance and control ensue, often under the guise of more process.
The common advice in this situation is instead to follow a clear process, to be diplomatic, or try to fit in before you speak of change. But this is actually not the solution to a social defense. In fact, it may well be part of the social defense itself. Once you fit in, you might renounce the ideas that you were hired to promote. Assimilation will dull your creative edge.
Without understanding that a tradition is an outdated way to fulfill a good intent, you will just ignore or fight it. But, armed with that understanding, you can argue with tradition — debating what needs to stay and what has to change — precisely in order to keep the organization’s intent alive.When others assume you don’t care, they can easily reject your proposal or your presence with the pretense of style.
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