#Goldilocks just right how to#

Experience and confidence helps of course, as does an adaptive, growth mindset. The variables are countless, the possibilities are numerous. The scope and scale of the change initiative helps you size your work.

#Goldilocks just right how to#

The nature of right-sizing in itself means there’s no prescription on how to apply the Goldilocks principle to change management. Without a specific roadmap or prescription for how to plan and implement change, it means that the change practitioner needs to sharpen their capability of being adaptive and knowing when to scale up or down. The term Minimum Viable Product (MVP) is fast becoming a commonly used one in project and change parlance. But MVP doesn’t mean we discard our change management toolkit. The Goldilocks approach to change management is about what is just right now. What worked on Project THEN in the bank three years ago is unlikely to hit the mark as an approach on Project NOW in health care. The pressure is on the change practitioner to be increasingly adaptive in their approach. Now, in a climate of complex and continuous change, there is an increasing expectation that change programs will be leaner and deliver outcomes in shorter cycles. For a long time, where waterfall-style projects were mainstream, change was often delivered in a linear approach with a list of artefacts to complete. In this parable, there’s a case for applying the Goldilocks principle in how we deliver change. In the familiar fairy tale of the three bears, we learn about Goldilocks’ three options - one that is too much, one that is too little and one that is just right.