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Caution. Future.
How do people cope with change? In Virginia Satir’s Change Model, the phase of chaos and uncertainty is crucial. This is where the seed for the new and better status quo lies, provided that it is possible to experiment with the new and integrate it profitably on the basis of a feeling of psychological safety. This can be well observed at the moment with the topic of the home office.
Then came Corona. From one day to the next, distributed work from the home office became the New Normal. Overnight, digitalization was no longer just a decorative accessory, but critical to the system. COVID-19 has driven digitalization faster than CIO, CTO and CDO combined in the last few years. At least where organizations have embraced this change to create a better future after Corona.
The Satir Change Model
How do people cope with change? To this end, family therapist Virginia Satir has proposed a model that can be easily transferred to change processes in organizations.
A stable status quo is challenged by a foreign element. This can be a new technology that threatens the existing…