A simple fable that effectively helps groups to understand how to face change, embrace it, and come through it successfully.
Managing, the process of making things run smoothly in one direction. It's very different from leading, communicating vision and direction, motivating and aligning people, and creating systems that allow for growth and evolution.
The foundation of organizational change — nothing within your organization will change if there isn't an established and widely accepted sense of urgency, that inspires people to want to change.
More often, people change what they do because they are shown a truth that influences their feelings, rather than because they were given analysis that shifts their thinking.