All businesses run the danger of allowing short-term considerations such as cash flow to overshadow strategic planning. However, success is not just a matter of doing things right, but of doing the right things . Organizational failure is caused by the conflict between the goals and motives of the organization and the individual. The ideal is alignment. Since that can't be completely attained, it's essential to make the conflicts explicit so that they can be accommodated.
Healthy organizations have mechanisms for the negotiation of differences.
Positive and negative feedback loops must always be considered. Biological as well as practical systems theory teaches us that large complex systems are generally built up from small, simple systems. My consulting group has also learned that change per se is a process, a cycle with identifiable stages. Understanding these stages can elevate both individuals and organizations to a position of mastery over the situation. So our interventions include education and training with respect to change.