Gravity is one of those laws of physics that you know will work in all circumstances, what goes up, must eventually come down. The only variable is the rate of descent.
This creates an interesting opportunity in the establishment of a culture of “change” in the corporate environment. If the change is to work effectively, it must start at the top of the organization. Once in motion, the law of gravity comes into play and the change gradually permeates down through the whole organizational structure. The higher the starting point of the change, the greater the momentum and the better the chance of success in the change reaching the lower levels.
However, if there are any resistors to the downward movement, these blockers should be quickly identified and removed to allow the continued progression of change.
Gravity also ensures that change proceeds only in the required direction. Should a change start progressing in an undesired path, gravity will naturally implement the appropriate course correction.
One problem with gravity is that change has minimal impact on the corporate organization if it starts at the bottom. Here the change will have a limited life and will quickly run out influence and will eventually stop.
So next time you observe the influence of gravity in your surrounding environment consider how it can be used to implement an effective program of change in your corporate organization. Don’t fight the laws of physics, but rather, use this proven law to your advantage and let gravity do the work. But make sure you start the change at a high level to achieve the maximum impact.
Thoughts that might just be useful in the future 
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/ September 14, 2013Interesting post, though to be entirely honest, I was expecting a metaphor about boobs…
Liz
/ September 20, 2013you’re hitting all the bases here, Steven, math (most recent post), home ec (soup post), and now physics. Must be back to school time 🙂
Steven Cramer
/ September 20, 2013Just shows that I was partially paying attention to some things at school! Just think of all the other blog posts I could have written if I’d have paid full attention!