Change starts with being. Right now you are what you are. Organizations are what
they are! It might take a while to accuratelydescribe either !
The minute you are what you are, you are also in the process of becoming. In the next moment you and things around you change. Ditto for any business. You can influence what you next become, and there are “pushes” from inside about what those things are. Let’s call them wants and needs.
At the same time that there are wants, there are also ”opportunities” around us. Call them “pulls”. Our hope is that the pushes are met by the right pulls to make us happy. Simple? Maybe! Maybe not.
Returning to the wants, after we see what they are, we next should ask “why” we have them. This usually takes awhile, and while we are answering the “why”, we also need to look at “how”. How do we get from our “want” to the right “opportunity”? The general answer is that there must be a “process”! Lucky for you or any business, there are “process consultants”. I am one.
The process gets us from the want to the opportunity. But wait, there are many opportunities! Is this the right one? Only by digging into “why”, will we know, so the process is guided by the why! The why is why we are examining change, change is the process of becoming.
The process is how we bridge the gap, find the way, take the action, travel the path, find the vehicle, know the goal, realize the dream – satisfy the needs and wants! Process guys have a pocket full of roadmaps. We’ll sit down there with you and see which one you like the best, and then we’ll get you going. “We know the way and carry the bags. We facilitate postive change.” You and only you know the destination.
The first milestone is getting to the wanted state of being, and the next one is staying there until it is time for another push! (And there will be.) We’ll do another thing. We’ll come back later and see if you are where you said you wanted to be. Maybe a few adjustments might be needed to answer the essential why! The becoming process is an always thing. Opportunities keep changing outside of us. Our wants and needs change inside of us. Becoming is a process.