Does Your Organization Have Titanic Syndrome?

Does Your Organization Have Titanic Syndrome?

The challenges of running an organization or business may come in all shapes and sizes depending on the industry, size, and reach, but some challenges are universal. When I talk with leaders, whether nonprofit, private, or public, common themes rise to the top. Talent: Their people are burnt out on change, Strategy and Processes: Their strategy has left them flatfooted and unprepared for the pace of change, and Relevancy: Leaders are worried their business will be left behind if they do not navigate change quickly. The result—Their culture crumbles and they risk losing good people under the stress of it all.

When I ask businesses, "Why did the Titanic sink?", they almost always say, "it hit an iceberg." In reality, hitting the iceberg was the unintended consequence of system failures in four key areas.

• Warnings

• No practice

• Past success

• No Binoculars

Without these failures, which Nadya Zhexembayeva, founder of The Reinvention Academy, calls Titanic Syndrome, the Titanic could have been prevented from sinking at all.

Change is no longer a one-time event. Disruption no longer comes once a decade.

Does your business have Titanic Syndrome or is it designed to help you steam ahead in the face of our 21st Century reality?

If you have Titanic Syndrome, contact me to create a plan for reversing course before it is too late. Mary Kay Delvo, marykay@inspiringsight.com