CHANGE MANAGEMENT: What or who is our worst enemy?

On the simplest level of pleasure and pain, would you agree in managing change that, on the one hand, our instinctual efforts to aggressively defend when we are in fear, despair, or anger act as enemies and often overwhelmingly disorient our honest efforts to compete with daring, hope, and courage?

Would you agree on the same level that our instinctual efforts to avoid sources of repugnance, hate, or sadness act similarly as enemies and often overwhelmingly disorient us from the pursuits of desire, love or joy?

What holds us back from daring, hope, courage, desire, love, and joy in change management?

Is the answer that we are too serious-minded and lack the most important, if not defining, human characteristic: laughter and a good sense of humor?

Don't laugh too hard when I finally ask: is the worst enemy of change management us?

Thanks in advance for your participation.

(This question was also asked on LinkedIn, where you will find other answers.

Vision Statement

To encourage my network of clients, family, friends, and neighbors to see that the deepest desires of their hearts appearing in their decision-making process come from the heart of God.

- John L. Darrouzet, December 30, 1996

Values Statement

To enable my network of clients, family, friends, and neighbors to pursue significant success and abundant happiness in all dimensions of their work and lives through a creative decision-making process called the Decision-Maker's Path (tm).

- John L. Darrouzet, December 30, 1996

Purpose Statement

To serve my network of clients, family, friends, and neighbors as they integrate their minds, hearts, souls, and spirits in making decisions.

- John L. Darrouzet, December 30, 1996

Mission Statement

To provide special counsel to my network of clients, family, friends, and neighbors that will give them the opportunity to make better decisions in accord with their values, purposes and visions.

- John L. Darrouzet, December 30, 1996