In this episode, Jason continues his conversation with systems thinking expert Hal Macomber, digging into why so many teams resist genuine change even when they know better. Hal walks through the roots of systems thinking, from Donella Meadows to Peter Senge's fifth discipline, and shows why lean is really a learning strategy disguised as an operations strategy. Together they unpack the five common archetypes of resistance, not enough time, no help available, it is not relevant, walking the talk, and fear and anxiety, and why every meaningful change effort runs into them. The conversation lands on a clear challenge to stop leaning on CPM as gospel and start managing projects the way sailors read wind and current, adjusting constantly rather than following a fixed line.
What you'll learn in this episode:
If your team keeps saying a new approach is not relevant, or that there is no time or no help for it, the real question worth asking is which of these five archetypes is actually driving that resistance, and what it would take to name it honestly instead of accepting it as fact.
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