This fertile ground analogy prompted me to continue the analogy into the
perception of a weed being just an unwanted plant in a particular place.
For example, when grass from the lawn encroaches into the garden bed, it
must be removed.
This thread is treading on the fundamental aspect of change management
consulting. The target organization must be ready for the change AND
the style of the intervention must be consistent with the organizational
culture. If either of these are not "in sync" then the intervention of
the consultants will not achieve the desired effect within the organization.
This is one reason so many intereventions do not produce similar results.
-- Keith Cowan Phone: (416)565-6253 FAX: (905)858-7131 Toronto Internet: cowan@pci.on.ca Compuserve: 72212,51