Introduction
An urban myth has it that if you put a frog in a pot of boiling water, it will instantly leap out. But if you put it in a pot filled with pleasantly tepid water and gradually heat it, the frog will remain in the water until it boils to death. The frog is not able to detect the gradual increase in temperature until it’s too late.
—The National Library of Medicine. December 7, 2004. Canadian Medical Association Journal 171, no. 12, p. 145. https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1041718.
My take on this is that slow environmental change can be more dangerous than a rapid change as one has no choice but to take notice and act! This highlights the need to fine tune the sensing routines and processes of organizations, particularly ...
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