If you can't work with the status quo of a company should you
get out rather than try to change it?
The status quo -
the existing state of affairs - is a natural
phenomenon. I think the problems start when the need is felt to
protect and defend the status quo because this tells me that
continuous improvement has stopped. Continuous improvement is about
making successive small changes forever, based on application,
inspection and adaptation, that bring about progressive
improvements. In my experience, in the absence of continuous
improvement the status quo stagnates.
When you care about the company (and you should care) you want to
try to help it improve so that it can become more successful. Why
wouldn't a company want to get better at what it does? But
ultimately
change has to come from within
and if the company and its people are happy with the status quo and
you're not, I think they're best left alone and you're better off
out of it. It's a tough call but what does your conscience say?
Friday, 14 December 2007
Become part of the status quo or leave?
Posted by Simon Baker - Permalink
1 Comment
Well, I can tell you that my team and I left out old company exactly for the reasons you note - managment happy with status quo and unwilling to try anything new.
At our new company, we are leading a company-wide agile implementation, and quite simply kicking ass. So I guess this counts as a strong vote for leaving!