Accepting the brief

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If you are going to facilitate or manage the change, you should be careful before accepting the brief. It is very easy to be dropped into facilitating or managing change that is doomed to fail, for example either from a misunderstanding of what the real problem is (and hence shooting at the wrong target) or by falling into the trap of underestimating the size of the effort (and hence using a peashooter against an armor-plated tank).

• The first meeting: Never jump blindly into change.
• Investigating realities: Sorting actual truth from assumed truth.
• Agreeing the contract: Agreeing the change and your part in it.

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