, Make the counter decision, if ever needed, later -i

. Look, divide and fix things In counterpoint, our change management anti-guide could rather recommend the following principles, instead: 1. Resisting the pressure to decide swiftly (as it may result in a wiser decision) 2. Avoiding to make a wrong (unfortunate) decision (as it may save -avoid wasting

, Never implement the change as it is proposed (as it may be more adapted and sustainable) 4. Ambiguity management may be more adapted to what the audience can or can not absorb 5. Mobilizing one's negative capability, in addition to (before) one's positive capability, through remaining in uncertainty and doubts may lead to a more fruitful and sustainable change

, Translated into a prescriptive list of actions / non actions: 1. Postpone decision making -at least until you get some more clues about what to decide 2. Procrastinate 3. Change the change -at least partly 4. Get to know your audience and adapt ambiguity accordingly 5. Stay in uncertainty and doubts -for a more sustainable change

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. Guide-d', ENTRETIEN En quoi consiste ton travail ? Pourrais-tu me décrire le projet de changement ? Comment le caractériserais-tu en trois mots ? Quels sont les objectifs de ce projet ? En quoi penses-tu qu'ils vont changer les choses

, Quel est ton rôle dans le projet ?

. Qu'est-ce-qui-te-paraît-difficile, Dans ce projet, avec qui travailles tu ? Comment les tiens tu au courant de la progression du projet ? Quel reporting leur fais-tu ? Quelles ont été pour toi les différentes étapes du projet? Que penses-tu

, ce changement allait arriver en France ? As-tu eu l'occasion d'en discuter avec tes collègues managers (dont l'équipe est impactée par le projet) ? Comment as-tu communiqué ce projet à ton équipe ? Comment ont-ils réagi ? Comment as-tu réagi toi-même à leurs réactions ? Comment fais-tu toi pour gérer l'incertitude dans ce projet ? Comment penses-tu que les membres de ton équipe font, pour gérer l'incertitude dans ce projet

, How do you think the project will change things for the company and for yourself? What is your role in the project? What seems difficult to you? In this project, with whom are you working? How do you update (report to) them on the project? What have been, for you, the main phases of the project?, Peux-tu me raconter d'autres projets de changement que tu as vécus ? Comment les as-tu vécus ? INTERVIEW GUIDE What is your job about? How would you describe the change project? In three words? What are the goals of the project