Identifying 'transition stages' or time periods where change is more likely to take off requires patience on the part of change agents.

"One often gets despondent about all the work that gets done that doesn't lead to tangible outcomes. It's often that you just need to be ready for when the crisis hits, because unfortunately, it's probably applicable around the world, prioritization of things often doesn't happen until a crisis does hit or some form of crisis. Normally, I find that these kind of crisis points will elicit a request for reporting and analysis. The first question that my CEO always throws at me is, "What are you going to do about this?" It's a question of drawing on all the initiatives that currently exist around that particular issue and then saying, "We could do A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and these would have these consequences or requirements, et cetera. Shall we reconsider some of these things that we have not been able to prioritize, possibly due to cost or effort or resources, or whatever." (Change Agent)