{"id":3972,"date":"2015-02-15T22:08:51","date_gmt":"2015-02-15T22:08:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saasoft.com\/blog\/?p=3972"},"modified":"2015-02-15T22:08:51","modified_gmt":"2015-02-15T22:08:51","slug":"persistence-and-patience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hcse.blog\/?p=3972","title":{"rendered":"Persistence and Patience"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"magnify_text_anim_16253(1)\"<\/a>There is no doubt about it …<\/p>\n

… change is not easy.<\/p>\n

If it were we would all be doing it …<\/p>\n

… all of the time.<\/p>\n

So one skill that an effective agent of change demonstrates is persistence<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

And also patience<\/strong>. And also reflective learning<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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A recent change project demonstrated objective, measurable outcomes which showed that the original design goal was achieved. In budget. It took two years<\/strong> from first contact to final report.<\/p>\n

Why two years? Could it have been done quicker?<\/p>\n

In principle – ‘Emphatically, yes’.\u00a0 In practice – ‘Evidently, no’.<\/p>\n

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With the benefit of hindsight it is always clearer what might have caused the delay.\u00a0 Maybe the experience-based advice of those guiding the process was discounted.\u00a0 Maybe the repeated recommendation that an initial investment in learning the basic science of improvement would deliver a quicker return was ignored.\u00a0 Maybe.<\/p>\n

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So the reflective learning from the first wave was re-invested in the second wave.<\/p>\n

And the second wave delivered a significant and objectively measurable improvement in one year<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

And the reflective learning from the second wave was re-invested in the third wave.<\/p>\n

And the third wave delivered a significant and objectively measurable improvement in six months<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

And the three improvement projects were of comparable complexity.<\/p>\n

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So what is happening here?<\/p>\n

The process of improvement is itself being improved.\u00a0 Experience and learning are being re-invested.<\/p>\n

And two repeating themes emerge ….<\/p>\n

Patience<\/strong> is needed to await outcomes and to learn from them.<\/p>\n

Persistence<\/strong> is needed to re-examine old paradigms with this new knowledge and new understanding.<\/p>\n

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Patience and Persistence. And these principles apply as much to the teacher as to the taught.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There is no doubt about it … … change is not easy. If it were we would all be doing it … … all of the time. So one skill that an effective agent of change demonstrates is persistence. And also patience. And also reflective learning. A recent change project demonstrated objective, measurable outcomes which … <\/p>\n

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