Change is always hard in companies, and it doesn’t matter what side of the fence you are on.
I embrace other people having to change, but I am slower on my own change. Hypocritical I know. I change but sometimes it feels so slow each day that it can feel frustrating.
Once a doctor told me that we sometimes take two steps forward and one step back, and that change sometimes happen imperceptibly. I agree with that. Change is like love. We don’t know about it, until we already love the person.
So when I have I have changed I go “Wow I don’t do that anymore.” It feels like it is natural to let it go.
When I work with companies to change, I try to make it the same. I try to give them the tools and thinking that helps them naturally let go of the old way because they are convinced the new way is better.
It isn’t easy, and it takes some education and sometimes even some big mistakes by both sides me and the customer. However eventually we all find a solution that works for everyone and everyone is happy. It may not seem like things change, but they do. Nothing can resist the pressure of time. Not even our stubborn beliefs and actions. For if we go against reality, reality will show us the door.