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Making Good Changes in a Highly Structured Environment

Ron Edmondson

Even if that tradition is continual change (which this church is not), every church (and every organization) forms a unique DNA of how things are done. In our setting, it’s developed into a highly structured environment of systems and procedures, which makes change more difficult than in some churches.

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Making Changes in an Established Church

Ron Edmondson

They develop some traditions. Even if the church’s tradition is continual change (which this church’s tradition was not), every church (and every organization) forms a unique DNA of how things are done. Every church acclimates towards a defined structure – an established way of doing things.

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7 Reasons We Avoid Progress

Ron Edmondson

It invites change – Always. And, to fuel and maintain the momentum brings continual change. Every time I’ve initiated some type of development opportunity it’s required a learning curve among our people. I have to fill a little pain so I can eventually feel better and be more productive in my workouts.

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Can GM Make it Safe for Employees to Speak Up?

Harvard Business Review

But that’s exactly why it would be a mistake to look past organizational behavior and culture at GM: It is utterly inevitable that things will go wrong, according to Harvard Business School professor Amy Edmondson. Garvin notes that this is where Edmondson’s work on implicit voice theories comes into play.