Change happens quickly; transitions happen gradually.
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| — | Our Information Technology department is in transition. At a recent meeting on vision, mission, goals and expectations, the issue of ambiguity came up. We don’t know what is going to happen if/when certain other things happen. What jobs will be redefined? Who will be reassigned? Will new positions be created? That won’t be decided until we get there. Lots of “Cross that bridge when we come to it.” does a transition that you are aware of feel like a change? Are transitions just lots of small changes? Think about moving to a new house versus settling into a house. Moving is change. But settling in consists of many changes like buying furniture one room or item at a time, getting new pictures for the walls. Painting. Changing the flooring. Redoing a room when a child moves out. Lots of small changes. Think about a person learning. That would seem to be a transition, gradually changing the learner. But we put the student in a situation where s/he has the opportunity to change. They change as they learn each letter’s sound. They change when they learn each times table. They change when they learn to express themselves in their writing. From a distance it looks like a gradual transition, but to them in feels like an incredible number of little changes, I think. |
