It’s amazing just how many languages (and dichos) would fit this. I first ran across this in New Mexico in 1991 very apropos at that time RE: women in the highway and environment departments. The specific source is in deep storage (still) but I’m hoping the creator will recognize it and let me know.
In Alaska I’ve heard, “you’re too thoughtful” and “you can’t expect them to understand…”
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Pam // 2007 April 21 at 9:28 pm
Welcome visitors from Disorganizational Behavior
Tina // 2008 January 9 at 7:21 am
This is great! Thanks for sharing. My favorite? “It’s not my job.”
Intrepid Teacher | 50 Reasons Not To Change // 2008 January 9 at 9:38 am
[...] this is link on Twitter and thought I’d [...]
Pam // 2008 January 30 at 10:00 am
Dr. Jack Vinson asks some interesting follow-up questions for using this graphic at Resisting change, 50 ways
mpb // 2008 February 4 at 1:57 pm
Welcome, Raven’s Brainiacs
February 04 Why bother Changing?
Промяната - необходимото зло или естествена форма на прогреса : PM Stories // 2008 February 27 at 1:54 am
[...] на един пост, озаглавен 50 причини да не се промениш, където авторите са събрали най-популярните [...]
Pam // 2008 March 3 at 5:47 pm
Welcome, librarians.
http://librarybytes.com/
http://librarianinblack.typepad.com/librarianinblack/
50 Reasons Not to Change « KM Assets // 2008 March 6 at 7:15 am
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What I Learned Today… » Blog Archive » 50 Reasons Not to Change // 2008 March 10 at 1:44 pm
[...] Via LibraryBytes & Biocultural Science & Management [...]
pafa.net » 50 Reasons Not to Change // 2008 March 10 at 9:29 pm
[...] What I Learned Today and Biocultural Science & Management TAGS: Change, [...]
Klura | Funderingar om stort och om smått » Redo för förändring? Jag har 50 argument emot // 2008 March 30 at 12:33 am
[...] Via: MP Bumsted, Biocultural Science & Management [...]
On The Same Page » Look to the Future! // 2008 March 31 at 10:12 am
[...] From Biocultural Science & Management: [...]
Library and Information Services - // 2008 April 4 at 1:09 am
[...] collection of unwritten rules in the graphic from the Biocultural Science & Management Blog calls attention to the fact that we are always quick to find excuses to resist [...]
LibraryCrunch » Copyright Infringement and Creative Commons // 2008 April 4 at 12:17 pm
[...] days ago I saw this image on this website and really liked what I saw. So, since it was copyrighted with a Creative Commons 3.0 license I [...]
50 razones para no cambiar! « B.P.L.E // 2008 April 4 at 3:47 pm
[...] 50 razones para no cambiar! Biocultural Science & Management [...]
mpb // 2008 April 6 at 2:12 pm
There are more than 50 reasons and from all ’round the globe. It is nice to read some of these at 50 Reasons Why It Won’t Work
Just Add Water http://justaddwater.dk/2007/12/19/50-reasons-why-it-wont-work/
Mr Jesper Rønn-Jensen also has a link to a 1993 list from “E.F. Borish — Product Manager, Milwaukee Gear Company, Product Engineering Magazine, From Issue 00 | October 1993″
http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/00/change.html
mpb // 2008 April 6 at 3:02 pm
[...] I also see that Helene linked this a while ago. and this site claims original… [http://librarycrunch.com/?p=4]
mpb–
One of Mr Casey’s readers has translated some of the reasons into Thai. See บรรณารักษ์ กับ 50 เหตุผลที่ไม่ยอมเปลี่ยน (ProjectLib–My library in 365 days - Library and Technology in Thailand[...]
50 Reasons Not To Change « CPL + STRATEGY + PLANNING = BLOG // 2008 April 14 at 4:09 am
[...] 14, 2008 in Uncategorized 50 Reasons Not To Change From Biocultural Science and Management [...]
Home on the Range - The LiquidPlanner Blog » Blog Archive » Behavioral Change & Silver Bullets // 2008 April 19 at 1:09 pm
[...] a great list of 50 reasons not to change that sums up just about every one that I’ve ever heard. Thanks to Raven for pointing this out [...]
This post is a good illustration of some cultural change issues.
Regrettably not everyone laughs. At Los Alamos National Lab, the way to enhance security and scientific creativity in the 80s was to do more of the same (but more expensive and complicated) and the same is true in Alaska with alcohol control.
Why Change? « Insights // 2008 April 24 at 2:10 am
[...] Courtesy: This post at Biocultural Science & [...]
50 razones para no cambiar » eCuaderno // 2008 April 27 at 11:40 pm
[...] de la imagen: 50 reasons not to change - Vía: Resistencias a la Web 2.0. Imprimir este post View blog reactions [...]
los sueños de la razón / Podría ser el resumen de algunos días… // 2008 April 30 at 9:06 am
[...] La imagen la encontré en eCuaderno vía Web social vía Biocultural Science & Management. [...]
mpb // 2008 May 6 at 7:17 pm
William Luimenta of Always Trying to be Expressive and a student at National University of Singapore has a companion list for exam preps Monday, May 05, 2008 50 reasons not to study for exam Well, this time exam preparation has been so sucky and there are a lot of hindrances that have been preventing me from study.. hahaha.. lets start: 1. Forbidden Kingdom Movie … 12. filling up water
13. looking for highlighters
14. writing some post for the blog
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