How would you catalyze an organizational paradigm shift?

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We can find myriads of examples of policy resistance against innovation and other change initiatives. Same with human centered design, which finally ends in being surrogate to the business. I assume that the main driver for this value destruction is the embodiment of a fear based paradigm in organizations - amd in society as well, I might say.
How would you think of ways of nudging organizations so that it might catalyze a hope and love based paradigm?

#organizational development
#transformation
#change
#systems thinking
Fabian Szulanski
59 months ago

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I am not sure if I understand your question correctly. Nevertheless, I would suggest that to catalyze any paradigm shift, one has to show how new paradigm will be better else why to change. Yes, hope is is great thing but one has to prepared to have hope, I guess. Actions make one more hopeful than those are inactive in organizations.

Hassan Qudrat-Ullah
59 months ago
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Build a core team of fellow believers and let them preach the gospel to the rest of the business.

David Cottrell
59 months ago
It's enough for the diffusion alone for leveraging the shift? - Fabian 59 months ago
The lever starts things moving. Hopefully momentum builds. - David 59 months ago
How about enacting new paradigm related behavior to leverage - Fabian 59 months ago

Have some input?