Lean Change Element

Vortex of Behavioral Patterns

Organizations stay stuck in the status quo due to organizational gravity, which pulls them back to familiar behaviors. Breaking free requires leaders to evolve and embrace systemic, collective, and personal change.

Vortex of Behavioral Patterns

Vortex of Behavioral Patterns vs traditional thinking

Two different assumptions about how change should work.

Lean Change

Organizational culture emerges from the interactions between people in the system. It's messy, unpredictable and cannot be controlled.

Traditional Change Management

We change the culture by assessing the current state, create a set of targeted behaviours and measure towards it.

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The [b]Vortex of Behavioral Patterns[/b] explains why organizations often struggle to achieve true transformation despite ongoing change efforts. At its core is [i]organizational gravity[/i]β€”the powerful force of ingrained norms, behaviors, and mindsets that continually pulls organizations back to the comfort of the st...

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Connections to the broader Lean Change ecosystem.

Mental Modelthis leads toward
6 Big Ideas of Adaptive Organizations
Stuckthis leads toward
Approach to Change
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