In a very real sense, the first job of leadership is to identify and overcome the costs of complacency. To persuade colleagues at every level that there are genuine risks for the failure to take risks—that the only thing they have to fear, is the fear of change itself.
Naturally, most executives worry more about sinking the boat than missing the boat, which is why so many organizations, even in flush times, are so cautious and conservative. To me, though, the opportunity for executives and entrepreneurs is to recognize the power of rocking the boat—searching for big ideas and small wrinkles, inside and outside the organization, that help you make waves and change course. In an era of economic dislocation and technological disruption, you can’t do great things if you’re content with doing things a little differently than how you’ve done them in the past. The costs of complacency have never been greater.
I don’t mean to minimize the challenges, pressures, and potential setbacks that are a necessary part of making real change. But is there any doubt that far too many established organizations are far better at reassuring themselves about the virtues of standing pat than they are at rallying around the benefits of standing out? As Michelangelo famously said, “The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.”
http://blogs.hbr.org/2013/09/playing-it-safe-is-riskier-than-you-think/
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