
Some 20 years ago, I was volunteering with a not-for-profit organization to develop new products and services.
Our team had lots of ideas. We were excited to innovate, change, add value, and do better. You could feel the energy. It was electric.
The challenge: The organization was riding high and making lots of money on its core products. They did not want or did not need to look at anything new. Why fix something that was not broken from its point of view. OK. We got it.
Well, our great ideas were stuffed. The energy and enthusiasm dissipated. I left the organization.
Several of us wondered what had happened. Dr. Lindborg, an expert in organizational dynamics, in a moment of inspiration, uttered:
This is the Moose Lodge Syndrome at work.
“What’s that?” we said. A little history may help: [Read more…]