The Soft Skills Paradox in Business Transformation

Unveiling the critical role of behavioral skills in adapting to change

People on a beach looking at the waves,
every day, it’s a normal thing happening around the world.

Minor problem: there is the biggest cyclone in like living memory heading towards you, faster than the speed of light.
Obviously, it’s not, but you get the drift.
Warnings are being announced everywhere, telling people that they should stay in their home for a minimum of two days, and not to come out when it’s calm, under any circumstance… because, guess what? That’s the eye of the storm.

People still laughing on the beach watching the waves…
What is it that makes people unable to recognize significant danger to their lives, and to the lives of the emergency services who have to pick up the pieces when it inevitably goes wrong?