State of Flux

摘要

During their pre-flight airplane safety presentation, flight attendants always instruct you to, in case of an emergency, put on your own oxygen mask before assisting those around you. The point being that it would be difficult to help your fellow passengers if you were to be rendered unconscious due to lack of oxygen. The example is a somewhat tongue-in-cheek metaphor for this month's cover story, which focuses on individual change as the ember to spark organizational transformation. In "Change Ability," p. 16, author Stephen K. Hacker offers a unique viewpoint on what it takes to navigate organizational change in the midst of rapid change-"tsunamis of change," as he calls it.