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back to this page. A type of memory called “implicit memory”
dictates how we interpret reality. The neural “wiring” of this
type of memory in the brain dictates how effective and efficient
we are in everything we do. Implicit memory is where we encode
rules, skills, values, habits and everything else that defines
who we are. To change a skill or a habit we must deliberately
engage implicit memory. Without engaging implicit memory people
gain knowledge about the needed change but are unable to
translate that knowledge into practice in a lasting way. Without
the knowledge to engage implicit memory, managers and other
change facilitators have to depend solely on intuition to
facilitate growth. When trying to get someone else to adopt
change, managers often meet high resistance. They have to devote
great attention to sustain the change and find results typically
inconsistent or short lived. It is through physical changes in
the synaptic activity of i