Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes

If you take over a programme from a longstanding incumbent, not everyone's going to like it.

The people who resist change will be confronted by the growing number of people who see that better ways are available; thanks to technology.

Every change is being forced upon us.

Ironically, in a changing world, playing it safe is one of the riskiest things you can do.

For he who innovates will have for his enemies all those who are well off under the existing order of things, and only lukewarm supporters in those who might be better off under the new.

Everyone knows that not all change is good or even necessary. But in a world that is constantly changing, it is to our advantage to learn how to adapt and enjoy something better.

Because the fundamental human problem is that people are afraid of change.

This extraordinary arrogance that change must start at the top is a way of guaranteeing that change will not happen in most companies.

We cannot change anything unless we accept it.

What if I told you that 10 years from now, your life would be exactly the same? I doubt you would be happy. So, why are you so afraid of change?

Change is hardest at the beginning, messiest in the middle and best at the end.

Change is hard, I should know. I should know.

Change isn't always for the best.

It is a secret both in nature and state, that it is safer to change many things than one.

The reality is that changes are coming... They must come. You must share in bringing them.

Never accept or be too comfortable with the status quo, because the companies that get into trouble are historically the ones that aren't able to adapt to change and respond quickly enough.

The art of progress is to preserve order amid change, and to preserve change amid order. Life refuses to be embalmed alive. The more prolonged the halt in some unrelieved system of order, the greater the crash of the dead society.

Those who fear the new are the ones who have mastered the old.

The single biggest reason companies fail is they overinvest in what is, as opposed to what might be.

Competence is the enemy of change!

It follows that acceleration in the rate of change will result in an increasing need for reorganization. Reorganization is usually feared, because it means disturbance of the status quo, a potential threat to peoples vested interests in their jobs, and an upset to established ways of doing things. For these reasons, needed reorganization is often deferred. With a resulting loss in effectiveness and increase in costs.

Everybody has accepted by now that change is unavoidable. But that still implies that change is like death and taxes - it should be postponed as long as possible and no change would be vastly preferable. But in a period of upheaval, such as the one we are living in, change is the norm.

One of the most difficult things in life for any individual or business is to accept and adopt change.

The family is constantly changing, as each member changes. Some changes we recognize as developments, and the pleasure they bringusually makes us more adaptable. Some changes threaten, or disappoint other members, who may try to resist the change, or punish someone for changing.

People don't dislike change, they dislike being changed.