by Rick Baker
On Jan 20, 2012
My friend and I got into an interesting discussion of CHANGE the other day.
We ended up sharing thoughts about the definition of CHANGE.
Obviously, the word 'change' has a very broad definition, including: make different, alter, make radically different, transform, replace with another, shift from one to another, etc1
When it comes to business, we must be able to provide a definition of CHANGE that is:
- clear and easily understood
- accepted by the business people who hear and see us use the word
About CHANGE, 2 parameters2 must be considered as most-important:
- Consciousness [Yes or No]
- Origin [Internal versus External]
These 3 Things
register or
show up as
thoughts and
actions. When
Good Habits, Bad Habits, & New Things register or
show up they are within the realm of at least one person's Consciousness. So, for business purposes CHANGE is a Conscious thing. And, for all involved it is has both Internal and External impact and implications. As we blend in Spirited Leaders' view that
People Only Do 3 Things, it is clear, CHANGE is pretty much the opposite of Habit. In fact, CHANGE is so close to the opposite of Habit we can say Habits do not contain enough meaningful amount of CHANGE to justify further consideration.
So, for business purposes: CHANGE = the arrival of New Things. [that's our definition]
There are two types of CHANGES:
Footnotes:
- Merriam-Webster on-line dictionary
- Origin: we are not going to get all philosophical here, debating chickens-and-eggs about what goes on in human brains etc. Nor will we get all metaphysical here. Those are topics for another day...or another week...or, is it, another millennium.