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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

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. It’s part of the process, especially in a highly structured environment. You can make the change. They develop some traditions.

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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. And it’s really hard for leaders to change that culture, even when they become aware of the problem.