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Yes!

If you want to prevent comments like: "what the heck is going on here$%:" you might consider to be more explicit when dealing with change. This is especially relevant if you are guiding a change program. Think about a change project and there is no explicit message about a new direction or focus. Even if you are not able to explain what will happen after the change, you should communicate what will change in relation to the current situation.
It is impossible to predict future changes and often change initiatives will take an unprecedented turn. Yet for larger projects and change initiatives that are driven from a central point require an explicit approach. Main keyword for this approach are large projects and central program management.

Obviously there are other ways. Therefore,

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No (is also possible).

Think about how we learn a language and the main mechanism behind the language:

"Grammar teaching should be implicit," is the conclusion of the article. And one of the reasons mentioned is that learning would otherwise be more boring.

And that could be a similar argument against explicit change programs. For small initiatives it is true; "don't tell us what to do, that is boring!" Let the best change initiatives compete against each other (in larger organizations) and evaluate which one will work best. This freedom is possible in decentralized and autonomous units with an own focus. But it could also become a problem. And the problem rises at economic downturns. That is often when a central change approach will be designed. Explicit.

"What is going on here," is often heard in situation of a crisis. "Don't tell me what to do," is uttered in cases of financial freedom because of a positive economic climate. Both situations require a different change approach, one more explicit (crisis) and the other implicit when there is financial space to try a different way - but in those situations, we will manage the change tacitly, without being too explicit...

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