The new Samurai are corporate change agents that understand that the new profession of change is already changing itself. It is unfortunate that as the profession grows the old guard change professionals are creating bureaucracy's and complex models that are not aligned with the needs of the future global market. In the new change World, complicated situations do not require complicated solutions. It is the work of Professor Richard Wiseman and the Heath brothers who are making change exciting and encouraging people to be radical change evangelists and Change Samurai rather than just change managers!
The organisational change manager does not wear armour or wield a sharp sword edge upon an unprepared enemy.
Aligned with the code of the Samurai is a new code for the Change Samurai.
The Change Samurai is not one who goes to war or kills people, but one who is dedicated to the creation of a more vivid disruptive peace to create positive change.
The Change Samurai honours the traditional samurai virtues: loyalty, integrity, dignity, courtesy, courage, prudence, and benevolence.
The Change Samurai seeks to prevent negativity of every type or, should negativity occur, to transform it into harmony.
The Change Samurai takes full responsibility for his or her actions.
The Change Samurai pursues self-mastery through will, patience, and diligent practice.
The Change Samurai respects and values the human individual and the entire web of life on this planet. To serve others is of the highest good. To freely give and accept nourishment from life is the warrior's challenge.
The Change Samurai seeks the inner freedom that comes from the study of people, culture, and the wisdom of the ages.
The Change Samurai reveres the spiritual realm that lies beyond appetites and appearances.
The Change Samurai aims to achieve control and act with abandon.
The Change Samurai is willing to take calculated risks to realise his or her potential and further the common good.
The Change Samurai realises that being a warrior doesn't mean winning or even succeeding. It does mean putting your career on the line. It means risking and failing and risking again, as long as you live.
The Change Samurai cherishes life and thus conducts his or her affairs in such a manner as to be prepared at every moment.
Who said being a Change Samurai was easy...but do you want to be the best? Can you risk being different?
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