How to Take Advantage of Chaos Judi Neal and Puran Perez Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds havoc. In almost every quarter of the workplace there is a plague of change and upheaval. Exploding technologies, rampant acquisitions and mergers, snowballing competition, and rapid globalization are just some of the huge forces impacting the already harried lives of people in organizations today. The old rules just don't seem to work anymore.
People feel scared, paralyzed, overwhelmed.
Yet in order to be competitive in this fast-paced world, organizations need employees that are creative, energized and committed. These days, people are hungering for more joy and meaning in their lives, including their work lives. But if they are feeling stressed, maxed-out, and confused by the chaos at work, it is difficult to feel anything approaching joy or meaning. Yet we believe that if you understand the nature of chaos that you may uncover some secrets that will help you to increase your level of performance and your level of satisfaction with work. Lets begin by looking at some of the external forces that are impacting the workplace.