Recognize and Manage Change

What are the warning signs of change Some are obvious. As mentioned above, the emergence or disappearance of competition, markets, technologies. 

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Second, management must recognize and manage change. 

A change in approach is clearly necessary in order that the full benefit of integrated plant condition management and control can be recognized and exploited. Improved control and enhanced performance monitoring will enable shutdown intervals to be extended without increasing the risk of premature or unexpected failure. In turn, this will increase the confidence of operations, inspection and management personnel in the effectiveness of unified plant administration. 

Government agencies have begun to recognize and respond to criticisms about risk assessment and its use, and have noted areas for improvement. Reports by the National Research Council (1994 Stem and Fineberg, 1996) and the Presidential Commission on Risk Assessment and Risk Management (1997) recommended changes to the process of risk assessment that would ... 

Note that we entitled the section Culture System. The implication is that culture is the product of a system. If we want/need the culture to be different in order to achieve full potentied, then we need to change the system that shapes culture. This is an active rather than passive approach to culture. We are consciously shifting culture toward what is natural (in our view) and toward values-attitudes-behaviors that support achievement of full potential. Because ISEs are about integrating systems to optimize performance, recognizing that culture is a subsystem that needs to be led and managed is integral to our work—yet another area of potential work for ISEs in the future. 

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