Aaah, the optimism. The grand vision. The leadership roadshow complete with slick PowerPoints and just enough buzzwords to make it sound like this time, things will be different. But haven’t we heard it all before?

“We’re transforming the way we work!”

“This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity!”

“Things can only get better!”

Can they, though?

Because once the buzz dies down and the executive Q&A wraps up, reality sets in: No owner. No roadmap. No actual plan. Just a lot of blind faith and a vague hope that “momentum” will somehow carry this thing forward.

Six months later… tumbleweed:

🔹 Some teams have made an educated guess and started changing things. What exactly is not entirely clear.

🔹 Others assume the initiative was quietly abandoned like last year’s new individual performance plan (thank goodness!).

🔹 A department in Singapore is still waiting on a follow-up email that never came.

Then one brave soul dares to ask:
“Hey… are we still doing that thing?”

Cue the awkward shuffling. The tight smile. The vague reference to ‘shifting priorities.’
And just like that, the change initiative vanishes into the black hole of good intentions.

The next Big Idea is already in the pipeline.

And the teams left behind? Still confused. Still waiting. Still shaking their heads.

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