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Published at 05 / diciembre / 2019

How to manage changes | Between Technology

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We are in a evolving world, described as a  VUCA (volatile, insecure(uncertain), complex and ambiguous)  and this is even more evident and rapid in the technological environment. 

 We are all aware of the importance of being open and welcoming the changes that occur in our lives. But are you aware, preventing and acting against the changes that are taking place in your professional environment: new training demands, the need to acquire new skills, new ways and working models, learning another language, knowledge of new technology, new customer profile, new recruitment methods, etc.?

The day-to-day routine, the workload, the short-term focus, sometimes the comfort of staying in the comfort zone, etc. makes you  not consider the need for change or you are not aware and suddenly you find yourself out of the game: you want to change jobs and you realise that the market has new priorities and demands, you respond to a job offer and when starting the process realise that nothing is like before and that things have changed, your company is now global and you can not cope with new demands (language, change of country, multidisciplinary teams, new technology, etc.)

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 Peter Senge in his book "The fifth discipline" tells the parable of the boiled frog.

The parable says:  "If we put a frog in a pot of boiling water, it will immediately try to leave. But if we put the frog in room temperature water, and do not scare it, it stays calm. When the temperature rises from 21 to 26 degrees, the frog does nothing, and even seems to have a good time. As the temperature increases, the frog is increasingly stunned, and finally is unable to get out of the pot. Although there is nothing restraining it, the frog stays there and cooks, dying on the spot! ".

And you're wondering, why did this happen, if when the water was boiling, the frog is able to jump to escape danger?

 The reason is that your internal device to detect threats to  survival, is only geared to respond to sudden changes in the environment, not for small and slow changes, so it is not able to perceive gradual changes in temperature and this leads to death.

 This story of the frog is a good example for you to reflect on your attitude towards changes. If you are proactive and you advance towards them or on the contrary you are reactive and stay in your comfort zone until the changes they take you out of it.

“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to change”

(C.DARWIN)

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Your attitude matters

So you can analyse your attitude towards change, we suggest you ask yourself the following questions:

  1. Do I adapt easily to changes that occur in my personal/professional environment?
  2. Do I think that changes are more of a challenge to overcome than something to reject?
  3. I am a person open to change and I respond positively and constructively when they occur in my environment?
  4. I consider myself a proactive person to promote changes when I think they are necessary to improve my work?
  5. I anticipate situations of change and I can define a plan to manage them?
  6. I easily join new work teams?I easily adapt to new methods and work procedures?
  7. I am open to acquire new knowledge, skills and competences?
  8. When I have to make a decision I weigh up the pros and cons?
  9. When I have a problem I know that there is rarely a perfect solution and I start the most appropriate course of action for the situation?

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How to act?

Once you have finished answering, what are your conclusions: are you a person open to change or do you resist them?

Here are some actions that will allow you to become a good "agent of change"

  1. Stop and analyse your environment: regularly compare what happens in your life with what you would like to happen or what should be happening  
  2. Evaluate the things that you can change or that need to be changed
  3. Set some goals that are specific, measurable, achievable, and with a date of completion
  4. Defines actions associated with the objectives
  5. Have an assessment (monthly / quarterly / annual according to the goal) to measure your achievement
  6. Stay updated with the changes in your sector and any new demands in your profession

 At present, the change has become more than“a volunrary act"   ...  " an act of necessity " and both companies and people have to face constant changes in their personal and professional lives. If we analyse  companies and professionals that succeed, we can see that the vast majority have has success by having the ability to adapt to it. Change is necessary, not only to stay in the market but to stand out in it and that's why it is crual to be in “constant reinvention”.

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