http://www.enclaria.com/2010/01/23/everyone-else-is-doing-it/ Equipping individuals to lead organizational change Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:17:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.enclaria.com/2010/01/23/everyone-else-is-doing-it/comment-page-1/#comment-209 Martin Fenwick Sun, 24 Jan 2010 20:08:27 +0000 http://www.enclaria.com/?p=1981#comment-209 An interesting reminder on conformity which can be applied to trends in organisations as much as thinking within organisations. How many companies are doing what other companies are doing for no other reason than 'everyone else is doing it'? But importantly conformity is something Leaders need to be observant of within their organisations. It means important things are missed or not said, often because it was not the leader who said it. J. Richard Hackman says 'protect your deviant' i.e the person who speaks up and says what no-one else will say (see HBR paper 'why teams don't work'. An value worth remembering I think. An interesting reminder on conformity which can be applied to trends in organisations as much as thinking within organisations. How many companies are doing what other companies are doing for no other reason than ‘everyone else is doing it’?
But importantly conformity is something Leaders need to be observant of within their organisations. It means important things are missed or not said, often because it was not the leader who said it.
J. Richard Hackman says ‘protect your deviant’ i.e the person who speaks up and says what no-one else will say (see HBR paper ‘why teams don’t work’. An value worth remembering I think.

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