- Faster communication
- A growing worldwide population
- Increasing interdependence and competition
- Limited resources
- Diversifying political and religious ideologies
- Constant transitions of power
- Ecological distress
In Chapter Four Conner says that managers are often not equipped to deal with the "future shock" or too much change in a short amount of time. He says that during this increased speed of change people don't stop changing, but they become less and less effective on both the job and personal fronts (e.g. - displaying dysfunctional behavior). This results in behaviors such as:
- Reduced trust
- Defensive behavior
- Poor decision making
- Increased conflict
- Poor communication
- Reduced propensity for risk taking
- Inappropriate outbursts at the office
- Venting job frustration at home
Do you ever see yourself and/or others in your organization displaying the behaviors above?