Then comments along the lines of ‘Why would they do that?’
Frustration (thankfully not too much anger and in this instance not much self-blame either)
Thankfully, we weren’t depressed for too long, but I could feel a dip in energy in the room.
Then the ideas started coming of how uk rcs data this could be a better way of presenting the periodic table. People suggested that maybe the heavier elements were holding the lighter ones down in the table. And this made sense. The energy grew in the room as we decided that upside down it could be useful
Acceptance
We’d gone through the change curve as a group very quickly. I would like to say I had planned this, but I have to admit I hadn’t – it was a moment of serendipity.
The Kübler-Ross change curve can help understand what people are going through.
In real life, a team won’t all go through it at the same speed and very often people may not make it all the way through before more change comes their way. Quite often people will seem to start coming through the other side and fall back or get stuck.
People may be experiencing change in other areas of their lives and that will impact too. Previous periods of change will be relevant, particularly how successful previous outcomes were for people. It’s important to gauge if there was a sense of resolution at the end of previous change programmes, or a sense of things not quite finished.
To say that the rate and amount of change is increasing is a truism, but that doesn’t mean that people find change commonplace or are prepared. Sharing the theory can be very helpful for people going through any change and aid reflection on previous experiences and their own coping strategies.
And if you are wondering what Poliakoff and Tang’s reasoning was for putting the periodic table upside down its that the ‘upside-down’ table is filled up with the simpler elements first from the bottom just as most vessels fill up.
However there doesn’t seem to be much support for this – I guess the scientific community are in the shock or denial stages and look like they staying there.