We can observe two different and opposing ways to deal with change, particularly in organizations,  in response to various issues and environments.  Some defining characteristics are delineated in the columns below.  The characteristics are often mixed in any one response and form a spectrum, with few organizations or people exhibiting all aspects of one column and none in the other.     

Those organizations that exhibit the characteristics of the anticipative model will be the ones most likely to succeed in the long term and those that help build a world with the possibility of sustaining itself. 

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