The document lists 50 excuses or reasons that are commonly used to resist or avoid change. It suggests that organizations may use these types of responses excessively due to an imbalanced culture that is too exuberant or pessimistic about change. Taking a balanced approach to change is important for organizations to evaluate new ideas effectively.

1. People-as-Asset

2. • We’ve never done it before.
• Nobody else has ever done it.
• It has never been tried before.
• We tried it before.
• Another company/person tried it before.
• We’ve been doing it this way for 25 years.
• It won’t work in a small company.
• It won’t work in a large company.
• It won’t work in our company.
• Why change — it’s working OK.
• The boss will never buy it.
• It needs further investigation.
• Our competitors are not doing it.
• It’s too much trouble to change.
• Our company is different.
• The ad department says it can’t be done.
• Sales department says it can’t be done.
• The service department won’t like it.
• The janitor says it can’t be done.
• It can’t be done.
• We don’t have the money.
• We don’t have the personnel.
• We don’t have the equipment.
• The union will scream.
• It’s too visionary.
By E.F. Borish — Product Manager, Milwaukee Gear Company, Product Engineering Magazine
50
Reasons
Why
We
Cannot
Change
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BY
FAST
COMPANY
26. You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.
27. It’s too radical a change.
28. It’s beyond my responsibility.
29. It’s not my job.
30. We don’t have the time.
31. It will obsolete other procedures.
32. Customers won’t buy it.
33. It’s contrary to policy.
34. It will increase overhead.
35. The employees will never buy it.
36. It’s not our problem.
37. I don’t like it.
38. You’re right, but ….
39. We’re not ready for it.
40. It needs more thought.
41. Management won’t accept it.
42. We can’t take the chance.
43. We’d lose money on it.
44. It takes too long to pay out.
45. We’re doing all right as it is.
46. It needs committee study.
47. Competition won’t like it.
48. It needs sleeping on.
49. It won’t work in this department.
50. It’s impossible.
The Issue is of excessive EXUBERANCE or PESSIMISM:
Do you have a Balanced Culture?
50
Reasons
Why
We
Cannot
Change
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BY
FAST
COMPANY

3. Part 1: Establish Rules for Acknowledgment

4. Part 2: Establish Rules for Engagement

5. Part 3: Establish Rules for People Management

6. Theorizing Innovation Flower
Three Horizons model of Innovation
Constructivitst Grounded Theory & Participatory Action Research Method
Two Loops Model Solution Lab: Theory of Change
Facets of Innovation
Part 4: Establish Rules for Organizing

7. Part 5: Establish Rules of Excellence

8. Part 6: Establish Rules for Evaluation

9. Part 6: Appreciate how
motivation works

10. Part 7: Bringing it All Together

11. Brought together
By
Aditya Madiraju