The “Inertia” Quotes of “Digital Master” Mar. 2020

 Levels and ways of inertia manifestation could be a criterion for measuring organizational health.

"Digital Master” is a series of guidebooks (28 + books) to perceive the multi-faceted impact digital is making to the businesses and society, help forward-thinking organizations navigate through the journey in a systematic way, and avoid “rogue digital.” It perceives the emergent trends of digital leadership, provides advice on how to run a digital organization to unleash its full potential and improve agility, maturity, and provide insight about Change Management. It also instructs the digital workforce on how to shape a game-changing digital mindset and build the right set of digital capabilities to compete for the future. Here is a set of “Inertia” quotes in “Digital Master.”




1 It is no surprise that there is learning or change inertia, a lot of people resist as it takes them outside their comfort zone which generally gives a negative feeling.

2 The more dramatic and powerful the change is, the greater the risk would be. People tend to be "risk-averse." Fear is one of the causes of innovation inertia.

3 Levels and ways of inertia manifestation could be a criterion for measuring organizational health.

4 Strategy execution inertia can be overcome via clear communication, cross-functional collaboration, and a strong set of digital capabilities.

5 Change is the new normal, but it also becomes fundamentally difficult in most organizations due to the change friction or culture inertia, because it is treated as something distinct from running the business, evolving performance and increasing results over time.

6 In practice, change makes a lot of people nervous because it means they have to move out of their comfort zone, which causes change inertia.

7 Change is always easier if you know the net value of the change compared to the net value of not changing; there has to be enough net value increase to make it worth the effort of handling the actual physical activities as well handling the mental inertia.

8 Change leaders and managers with learning curve awareness can ride the learning curve smoothly, and there is a high level of trust within the upper rankings of the management team, to overcome roadblocks to changes, such as blurred vision, internal politics, inertia, misalignment of systems or processes, overly rigid organizational hierarchy, lack of creativity, etc.

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