Organisational Change Management Volume 1

Telescoping of Change

. The major consequence of this is our brains have not kept pace with change, especially technology, ie

"technology giveth, technology taketh away"

Chris Ruen, 2013

Evolution occurs on millennial time scales, whereas computer processing power doubles roughly every other year

. This is linked with another problem. To handle potential danger, we have developed quick pattern-recognition skills, eg does something mean danger?

. In the modern, fast-paced world awash with data, this skill can cause problems, ie we can see patterns where there are none