Why People Naturally Resist Change Human beings are interesting creatures. Indeed, the more they encounter a factor that may disrupt their normal routine or livelihood in general, the more likely they are to reject tendencies that make them averse to that change. This is despite the fact that in our lives we are often exposed to thousands of situations that threaten to change the status quo. You would think that we would already be accustomed to these possibilities and therefore willing to change with each new external force that pushes us in a different direction. Despite everything, we remain reluctant (Cooper, Markus, Team, Change, 2012). One of the main reasons we resist change is that we are naturally skeptical about adapting to a new environment. According to Cooper et al. (2012), a new environment comes with a new set of challenges. Naturally, this is a factor that will force us to think about techniques to survive in the new situation. Take for example, when an employee of an organization is transferred to another department, he...