Every time I tried to initiate change in my company, the organizational antibodies come storming in to attack me. -- A tired executive
Trying to do the impossible in your company (or your personal life)? These tips from Daniel Tenner might help. He writes,
In large corporations, almost everything new is impossible. Try to do anything new, and typically you are met with dozens of reasons why it can't be done. As a consultant (which I was throughout my time in the corporate world), however, you've been hired to get something specific done, so you don’t get to echo the "it can’t be done" line back to your client. Your job is, effectively, to do the impossible.
Read more in Dealing with impossible crises.