Comments on: The Toughest Form of Resistance to Change – You’re Not Wrong, You’re Evil http://changemanagementnews.com/the-toughest-form-of-resistance-to-change-%e2%80%93-you%e2%80%99re-not-wrong-you%e2%80%99re-evil/ Change Without Migraines (tm) Thu, 04 Aug 2011 21:03:18 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: David Walker http://changemanagementnews.com/the-toughest-form-of-resistance-to-change-%e2%80%93-you%e2%80%99re-not-wrong-you%e2%80%99re-evil/comment-page-1/#comment-43 David Walker Thu, 22 Mar 2007 11:13:07 +0000 http://changemanagementnews.com/the-toughest-form-of-resistance-to-change-%e2%80%93-you%e2%80%99re-not-wrong-you%e2%80%99re-evil/#comment-43 Sadly the premise of Glenn D Reeder's quote resonates with me too. How many times have we been in a situation where people have argued 'black is white' because they believe that this is the appropriate thing to do, rather than stand back, take a deep breath, and accept that 'black' is not 'white' and that opinions on shades of grey are important. Having said that, perhaps there are some roles in society (eg; politicians) where there is an expectation of the behaviour outlined in your post. That doesn't make it acceptable however. Sadly the premise of Glenn D Reeder’s quote resonates with me too. How many times have we been in a situation where people have argued ‘black is white’ because they believe that this is the appropriate thing to do, rather than stand back, take a deep breath, and accept that ‘black’ is not ‘white’ and that opinions on shades of grey are important.

Having said that, perhaps there are some roles in society (eg; politicians) where there is an expectation of the behaviour outlined in your post. That doesn’t make it acceptable however.

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