Inkling of Change

Getting comfortable with change begins with an instinct of knowing when change is about to happen. This inkling can also be a tool to recognize and take advantage of opportunity. You can gain this insight by being aware of surroundings, events and environment and then testing your change projection. Predict in your mind where and when the change will occur and what it looks like, then compare this with results as they unfold. This re-enforces your instincts.

Look for instability. Scenarios that are not sustainable are ripe for alteration or adjustment. Look for reinforcing loops and the state where they equalize. If it is not the current state, then something has to change.

Futurists look at associations and trends and use them to identify a possible future. Note that this is not a prediction, it is more a projection based on a continuation of events. The considerations of these future state scenarios not only permit an understanding - and comfort - of the change, but an opportunity to identify focus points to effect a change if the anticipated state is not the desired state. This is how change in managed.

Identification of the critical factors driving change establish the critical path items that change transition occurs through. Change consists of action, transition, and balance. Seeing these states progress, takes you out of being managed or forced by the change and adds a capability to effect the change before, or as, it occurs. Think of these instinctual inklings and links to connect to change.