It is often said that the only constant in today’s frenetic world is change. Nothing is today as it was yesterday, and tomorrow will be different yet. We humans naturally resist change. It is hard wired into our brains. We prefer comfort and familiarity over ambiguity and the unknown.

Every company on the planet is experiencing change to some degree. A majority of companies have gone through multiple, major changes in the past few years. Many of those efforts have failed, with most...