Redundant Professional Protocols 

In work environments and working relationships the tensions can build at times of crisis.

When change is fostered upon us, or, perhaps even more subtly, when a transition begins to take place beneath the surface, old protocols cease to work. 
When the old way of being or working become redundant there will be a time of discomfort. This is the place where when what was an effective solution in the past, no longer guarantees an effective outcome now. This shift is unsettling, if not downright frightening. 
Eventually there will be an individual withon that environment who will voice the change that they sense. Believe me when I say that by this point, every single individual who is part of that context will be aware of this change, whether they have registered it consciously or not. It is those for whom it has not yet risen to consciousness who will react most strongly to the one who voices their concern. 
When an internal concern is suddenly bright to light by another’s voicing it, when internal fear is met by outside validation, sometimes there is not the sigh of relief that you would expect. Sometimes there is anger. Sometimes there is blame, sometimes there is scapegoating….
So it is worth remembering that the person who had the courage to name their fear, is not necessarily the same person that caused it. These are the intuitive and courageous people who shine light in the dark corners and enable necessary change to progress and be assimilated.
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