Why Change Efforts Fail and What to do About It

All industrial complexes, from oil refineries, petrochemical, and gas-processing plants to medical manufacturing complexes, require periodical inspections, audits, and assessments. The types of equipment to be assessed can range from boilers, vessels, tanks and rotating equipment, to smaller, ancillary items such as safety harnesses and fire extinguishers.

Oct. 29, 2018

By: Stephen J. Thomas, Change Management Subject Matter Expert at PK Technology

New technological innovations are taking hold throughout industry. For organizations that are implementing these tools, the potential for vast improvement in both effectiveness and efficiency is obvious. However, embracing and implementing these applications can cause a major change in how work is conducted. The result is that many of these initiatives, despite the enormous value that they can add to the work effort, fail. The reason behind these failures is often the organization’s culture and its inability to adopt and adapt to new concepts. This is clearly reflected in a quotation by Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527) in his book The Prince. In this book he clearly stated why change efforts fail. “It must be remembered that there is nothing more difficult to plan, more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to manage than a new system. For the initiator has the enmity of all who would profit by the preservation of the old institution and merely lukewarm defenders in those who gain by the new ones.” – Read More