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Fortunately, many enterprises2 are led by leaders with great ideas about improving the enterprises they lead. It is one thing to know what you want to change but it is quite another thing to bring about the change. A fundamental problem with any wish to change a system is that it is mostly expressed in functional terms. A functional change, however, can only be effectuated by some modification of the system’s construction (Note: by “system” we mean any kind of system, so also enterprises). As this chapter shows, the failures of enterprise changes are almost always the consequence of the lack of attention to the need for “engineering” the change. That is what the above maxim wants to convey.
Great leaders may have great ideas, but only engineers1 can change the world
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Dietz, J.L.G., Hoogervorst, J.A.P. (2014). The Unifying Role of Enterprise Engineering. In: Magalhàes, R. (eds) Organization Design and Engineering. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137351579_2
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