Change is inevitable and always unprecedented. What looks the same at the global, organizational, or personal level cannot be the same simply because there are no repeats in life. Nothing is static. Systems change changing people, and people make decisions that influence systems....
When something ends or changes, like a reorganization or the departure of team members, it best to see it as an external reality, something everyone agrees happened. A transition, on the other hand, is what occurs in the minds of individuals, groups, and teams as they grapple with loss and the lack of clarity around what comes next....
As we look back on the first half of 2022 through a wide-angle systems lens, we see both the harshness and the beauty of our current reality. We are all interconnected in a world-wide web that goes beyond technology and touches our basic humanity....