The Little Book of Big Management Wisdom

INTRODUCTION

Change is a risky business. It’s a step into the unknown and that involves risk. Niccolò Machiavelli obviously understood what was involved when any leader decided to implement a significant change, namely:

There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things.

Niccolò Machiavelli

Of course you can always refuse to change but, as evolution has taught us, that way leads to extinction.

This section contains range of ideas. Quotation/s:

• 57 argues that the best changes are those that are made from the bottom up.
• 58 and 59 offer a warning about the dangers of change overload and the need to maintain some sense ...