SIGNALS FOR CHANGE
Every organisation moves through phases. Knowing when to change matters. But knowing why you’re not changing matters maybe more. We’ve distilled the collective experience of Kirk & Blackbeard’s captains into a library of recognisable change failure patterns—so you can spot them early, correct course, ask for help and avoid repeating mistakes others already paid for.
Steamship Logic
Modernising everything except the thinking
Phantom Pursuit
When last week's novelty hijacks next year's course
Compass Drift
When no one changes course, but you end up somewhere else anyway
Anchor Dragging
When your history is steering the ship
Fog of Metrics
When instruments are trusted more then reality
Mutiny by Compliance
When obedience becomes the safest form of challenge