Story-Deal & Lead the change

In the middle of the jungle was a deep pond full of fish who lived a joyous life. They jumped out of the water and swum around unafraid of predators. One day two fishermen got lost in the forest on the way home from a bad day of fishing and as dusk fell stumbled into a clearing, found this pond and watching the jumping fish marveled at what they had found. But it was late and getting dark so they went off, picking through the darkening forest eventually finding their way home, but deciding to return in the morning to catch this wonderful supply of fish. After the fishermen had left one of the older fish consulted his ancestors and realized that the fishermen would be back, that word would spread and that all the fish in their happy community were now in danger. As the news of their predicament spread the fish became polarised into 3 groups which reacted in quite different ways. The first group stayed up late analyzing the problem and going over all possibilities. Eventually, in the early hours of the morning, they identified a way out. They remembered there was a very shallow trickle draining from the far end of the pond. They did not know where this went to, and they knew they risked their lives by attempting to swim out of this narrow spout to an unknown destination, but it was also risky to stay. Since by staying they were going to die anyway they decided to risk dying by swimming out into the unknown. As it turned out, the spout fell into a pond below, smaller but good still. 5% of the group lost their lives on the perilous journey, but it was worth it. Most of them survived and life continued. The second group said ‘why to worry, maybe there is nothing we can do about what happens, and maybe when we are threatened directly then we will get creative and a solution will come to us’. The third group did not think but could not relax either. They panicked: splashing, thrashing, round and round, frantically wailing ‘we’re all going to die’.The next day, sure enough, the fishermen came back with their nets. This time they saw no fish jumping but they could see fish swimming madly around beneath the water and they dipped their nets in to try to catch them. In this dangerous moment, the second group got creative. They said to each other ‘maybe if we play dead they won’t want to eat us’. So when each fisherman filled his net and went through his catch he had a mix of flipping flopping fish and still ones. The still ones they threw back into the pond.

Learning from the story

1. Change is always happening and is the only constant.

2. YOU DECIDE how to react. You can analyze late into the night, you can be carefree and creative in each moment or you can panic.

Questions to ask ourselves

What changes are happening in and around my business?

What approach should I take to deal and lead the change?

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