Leaders Addicted to the Status Quo Breaking the Cycle - Mark Graban KaiNexus #culture

A Clip from Mark Graban’s keynote talk for the KaiNexicon event, When Being Right is the Wrong Strategy for Change

So in the workplace there's a former Toyota leader Ron Oslin who uses and trademarked an interesting phrase He said well leaders are people aren't resistant to change They're addicted to the status quo So what do we mean by addicted The one clinical definition of addiction is actions that we take even though we know they are harmful but people feel trapped in that anyway So I would certainly point you to Ron I've taken a day long class with Ron The Lean Enterprise Institute hosted a webinar that Ron did And he again he's a former Toyota leader who talks about how they taught these methods to managers at Toyota to help employees work through the change process