{"id":1392,"date":"2014-06-12T08:32:17","date_gmt":"2014-06-12T07:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lornemitchell.com\/?p=1392"},"modified":"2020-01-04T15:25:44","modified_gmt":"2020-01-04T14:25:44","slug":"experience-is-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.lornemitchell.com\/?p=1392","title":{"rendered":"Overcoming Bitter Enemies"},"content":{"rendered":"

I came across this quotation the other day, and it struck a chord:<\/p>\n

“One must be aware that there is nothing so difficult, <\/i><\/span><\/div>\n
more doubtful in its result,<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n
and more dangerous to do <\/i><\/span><\/div>\n
than to introduce a new state of things. <\/i><\/span><\/div>\n
+<\/span><\/div>\n
The innovator has bitter enemies <\/i><\/span><\/div>\n
among all those who benefit from the old system, <\/i><\/span><\/div>\n
while he only has half-hearted defenders <\/i><\/span><\/div>\n
among those who expect to benefit from the new system.<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n
+<\/span><\/div>\n
This half-heartedness has its roots in man\u2019s lack of faith, <\/i><\/span><\/div>\n
because he does not really believe in the new state <\/i><\/span><\/div>\n
until he has exp<\/i>erienced it.”<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Machiavelli<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
=<\/div>\n
\"Goldfish\"<\/a><\/div>\n

The question is, how do you help folk to experience and have faith the new state at the early stages of a change?  How do you get to that tipping-point where there is enough energy to get lift-off with the new system?  Remember, Machiavelli never saw a computer, so it was not computer systems he was talking about!  It was much more about States and states!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I came across this quotation the other day, and it struck a chord: “One must be aware that there is nothing so difficult, more doubtful in its result, and more dangerous to do than to introduce a new state of things.  + The innovator has bitter enemies among all those who benefit from the old … <\/p>\n

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