Comments on: Great Quote from C. Otto Scharmer in “Theory U” http://antigency.com/2009/07/25/great-quote-from-c-otto-scharmer-in-theory-u/ Inoculating companies against inaction, irrelevance, inflexibility and instability. Sat, 15 May 2010 18:06:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: John Romano http://antigency.com/2009/07/25/great-quote-from-c-otto-scharmer-in-theory-u/#comment-8 Sun, 26 Jul 2009 16:31:56 +0000 http://antigency.wordpress.com/?p=45#comment-8 It’s the law of unintended consequences. Whenever we make changes, no matter how pure our intentions, there are always unforeseen results.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unintended_consequence

The trick is to realize that there will be side effects (for better or worse) and put strategies in place that can evolve in ways to deal with the consequences as they arise. And of course to accept that progress is a process, not a one time event.

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