{"id":3084,"date":"2026-05-04T07:42:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T07:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/boomforbusiness.nl\/?p=3084"},"modified":"2026-05-04T09:40:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T09:40:19","slug":"change-happens-will-you-laugh-or-cry-about-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/boomforbusiness.com\/nl\/change-happens-will-you-laugh-or-cry-about-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Veranderingen komen er nu eenmaal: ga je erom lachen of huilen\u2026?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\"Boom<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n
\n
\n
\n
Get a Quote<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n

Change Happens: Will You Laugh or Cry About It…?<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\n

I recently spent three days with the global GIS team (don’t dare call it “IT”) at a multinational beverage company under the theme:\u00a0Brewing New Beginnings<\/a>.<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Great theme. But… also a slightly terrifying one.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n

Because \u201cnew beginnings\u201d in organizations usually means change. And change comes with new uncertainties and new worries. New expectations can land like a gut punch. Combine those internal<\/em> issues with current external economic concerns and that gut punch feels like a full-on gut judo kick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This got me thinking about a job I had years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I briefly worked at the deli counter in a grocery store as a kid. Not the most glamorous job, but it had one perk: Delicious rice pudding. And I got very good at sneaking a taste when no one was looking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Until one day, right near the end of my shift, I knocked over an huge vat of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And that sweet, delicious pudding got everywhere. And I mean everywhere.<\/em> All over the floor, seeping between the tiles. How late I would be staying after my shift to mop it up?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And as I stood there staring at it, one of the older guys I worked with came over, put his arm around me, and said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat are you gonna do, cry about it? No. You laugh about it.\u201d And that stuck with me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Years later, I realized he was basically explaining the Greek theater masks representing comedy and tragedy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Because those masks say the same thing as he was in that moment: This is<\/em> happening. And you are <\/em>dealing with it. But you get to choose how <\/em>you deal with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can freak out and worry. Or you can embrace the chaos – and maybe even laugh your way through it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The same is true of change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With this team, we worked on all the things that help teams handle change better:<\/p>\n\n\n\n