“Who Hired Pandora?”
An organization is like the Universe...
Some parts are expanding while other parts are contracting…
Some parts are colliding while others are stagnating...
Some parts are created in an instant while others grow slowly, over time...
Some parts disappear in an instant while others gradually fade away...
Change initiatives; one, several, tens or even hundreds vie for resources, time and attention – concurrently striving to address defensive, offensive, expansion, growth, contraction and improvement pressures. New ideas, new opportunities, new threats fill Pandora’s Box to the brim…
As can be seen from the table below, Vision vs. Reality is one of the more serious types of problems that emanate from opening Pandora’s Box without due care and attention. This session paints a picture of very, very significant opportunities to save time and money, improve quality, prevent mistakes and miscues and realize extreme ROI whenever Pandora’s box is opened…
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Project Cost
Number/Failures
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$500 Million+ 21/21
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$100-500 Million
110/108
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$5-100 Million
800/710
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Under $5 Million
2,500/2,125
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Corrective Possibility
1=Fast/Simple
5=Slow/Complex
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Vision vs. Reality
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Severe
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Severe
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Medium
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Medium
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1-2
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Anyone who listens to John’s views and observations comes away with the realization that this innovative, ground breaking treatment points the way for very significant improvements in the way that initiatives are envisioned, planned and executed. They come away with the means to…
· Understand how and why organization dynamics create a warped vision of ‘what will be’.
· Understand how organizational optics dictates the means by which ‘vision’ will become reality.
· Understand how and why organizational politics influence the degree of comment or lack thereof when the ‘vision’ is being discussed, explained and assessed.
· Understand how and why the gap between what has to happen to make the vision reality and the vision itself is usually proportionate to the urgency of the dynamics that created the ‘vision’.
· Appreciate the effect of ego, power and authority upon those who would otherwise challenge the implications of the ‘vision’.
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