19 common arguments against change

Here are 19 common arguments people put forward to stonewall change, a listing that doesn’t seem to have changed in 3 decades and more

1. We have already tried this
2. Our company is so special
3. It is not my job
4. It is too radical a change
5. We don’t have the time
6. Let us do a  market survey first
7. The employee won’t accept it
8. We have never done it before
9. Why should we change anything when we are doing fine
10. The thought is good but not practical
11. Let us wait and see what happens
12. Let us think about it some more
13. It has never been tried before
14. Let us set up a committee
15. May be it works in your department, but it won’t in mine
16. It is too much trouble to change
17. Its impossible
18. We have always done it this way
19. It won’t work