"Change brings promises, but no guarantees, requiring a risky leap of faith."

Ah John, therein lies the rub. I have another colleague who's an acolyte of Clayton Christensen and his "The Innovator's Dilemma." It was not Christensen at all I was thinking of when I wrote my piece, as he focuses on business and the problem from a different perspective, but I revisited the executive summary of The Innovator's Dilemma before I finalized my post. Change IS everything you describe it to be, and yet, companies and people resist it.  And yet change is more inevitable than ever, and happens at a pace that most of us -- even thought leaders -- aren't ready for.

This is why I'm focusing on reinvention.  It's not just a process but a necessary SURVIVAL SKILL these days.  More on that concept to come...  ;-)

Hollis