David Anderson writes about resistance to change and heroes:
The hero firefighter learns to thrive on chaos. Chaos is the norm in the organization and the hero is the master of chaos. The one who parts the seas and delivers the team from the perils of chaos and delivery of non-conformant quality.
A hero does not want to move to a controlled state because their
self-esteem will drop as they are no longer praised for being ahero. A
controlled organization is one that no longer needs heroes!
Sometimes I feel like the hero in the above metaphor. The problem
is, I do want to move to a controlled state and not be a hero anymore.
It's my organization that apparently does not want me to. And this is
why I will probably leave it.
(Originally posted on June, 29th, 2004.)
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