Maintworld 2/2020
To the Bravest Asset Managers – Living and working in the post-corona era ADAPTIVE ALIGNMENT - DATA-DRIVEN SPARE PARTS MANAGEMENT - MANAGING THE CRISIS EFFECTIVELY
To the Bravest Asset Managers – Living and working in the post-corona era
ADAPTIVE ALIGNMENT - DATA-DRIVEN SPARE PARTS MANAGEMENT - MANAGING THE CRISIS EFFECTIVELY
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ASSET MANAGEMENT<br />
Forces of<br />
Change<br />
HOW THE MAINTENANCE<br />
TEAM CAN THRIVE AND<br />
GROW DURING A TIME<br />
OF DISRUPTION<br />
TRACY STRAWN<br />
CMRP<br />
Strategic Advisor<br />
MARSHALL INSTITUTE<br />
The world has seen much change in <strong>2020</strong>. The COVID-19 pandemic has<br />
brought many countries of the world to their knees as we are experiencing<br />
one of the most disruptive events in memory.<br />
AT THE TIME of this writing, the terrible toll of the coronavirus<br />
pandemic on the US economy has continued unabated bringing<br />
the total of unemployed to more than 36 million. Fortunately,<br />
the latest figures from the labor department show the<br />
rate of unemployment claims are slowing, meanwhile many<br />
states and municipalities around the US are reopening their<br />
businesses.<br />
As a result of the pandemic, the US Government and the<br />
CDC have recommended that citizens adopt new ways of interacting<br />
and working going forward. Recommendations include<br />
things like social distancing, wearing personal protection<br />
equipment (PPE), and frequent hand washing, to name a few.<br />
These changes are becoming a way of life.<br />
This disruption caused by the COVID 19 virus is forcing<br />
change in all areas of society including organizations and<br />
businesses around the world. Organizations adjust to small<br />
changes all the time, possibly looking to improve productivity,<br />
responding to a new regulation, hiring a new employee, or<br />
something similar. The disruption caused by the COVID-19 is<br />
causing change on a massive scale.<br />
Some call this a driving force of change. Forces of change<br />
manifest themselves two ways, internally and externally. The<br />
COVID-19 virus is considered an external force of change.<br />
External forces of change can be more relentless in forcing<br />
change. In some instances, an organization or business must<br />
change or go out of business and cease to exist.<br />
So how do “forces of change” work? In Kurt Lewin's model<br />
there are forces driving change and forces restraining it. Where<br />
there is equilibrium between the two sets of forces there will<br />
be no change. In order for change to occur, the driving force<br />
must exceed the restraining force. See Lewin’s model below.<br />
The COVID 19 disruption has presented many companies<br />
with a grim reality: adapt, improvise, and implement new ways<br />
of working or cease to exist.<br />
Although COVID-19 has brought tremendous sorrow and<br />
loss of lives and livelihoods, some suggest that the driving<br />
force of change such as the disruptive COVID-19 virus can be<br />
harnessed and turned into something positive or constructive.<br />
With that in mind, it might be possible to capitalize on this current<br />
force of change and make some good things happen from it.<br />
Below I am going to list 5 things that many maintenance<br />
teams can begin doing now to add value while preparing them<br />
for the future.<br />
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