The old guard knows how to navigate the mess. The new guard sees the mess, and wants to avoid it. ➖ The old guard applies knowing (but tired) eyes. The new guard applies fresh (but unwary) eyes. ➖ The old guard is skeptical other patterns can work (except what they want to try)
As usual for the New Guard, rebuilding versus augmenting / adjusting is viewed as required. No learning from history, no leveraging wisdom, just start over. Good luck with that attitude.
I think the respective attitudes to "long-game" and "quick wins" might depend on their own and their institutions biases as much, if not more than, how long they've been in role. But, yes, I recognise so much of this of this. Great post as always.
I wonder if this could be a kind of D&D exercise teams could use to hash out some change or innovation. Roll for which guard you're in, grab your character sheet, and ... go. Then switch sides.
Wow! You captured so many nuances of the actual interaction that we all go through. The comparison mode helps see the version or approach of both sides.
Great post. Completely matches my experience. One minor modification: The old guard seeks acceptance just as much as the new guard, if not more. Their ways of working are often seen as outdated, but they seek acceptance that their decisions at the time they were made were thoughtful and should be accepted as sound decisions given what they new at the time, not labelled as "wrong".
As usual for the New Guard, rebuilding versus augmenting / adjusting is viewed as required. No learning from history, no leveraging wisdom, just start over. Good luck with that attitude.
I think the respective attitudes to "long-game" and "quick wins" might depend on their own and their institutions biases as much, if not more than, how long they've been in role. But, yes, I recognise so much of this of this. Great post as always.
I wonder if this could be a kind of D&D exercise teams could use to hash out some change or innovation. Roll for which guard you're in, grab your character sheet, and ... go. Then switch sides.
Wow! You captured so many nuances of the actual interaction that we all go through. The comparison mode helps see the version or approach of both sides.
Great post. Completely matches my experience. One minor modification: The old guard seeks acceptance just as much as the new guard, if not more. Their ways of working are often seen as outdated, but they seek acceptance that their decisions at the time they were made were thoughtful and should be accepted as sound decisions given what they new at the time, not labelled as "wrong".