Who Moved My Cheese?
by Spencer Johnson
Two mice and two little people search for cheese in a maze; the cheese moves; some adapt and some do not. It is a ninety-minute parable about change that companies handed out by the pallet, which explains both its popularity and the resentment it sometimes provokes. The message, stop fearing change and go find new cheese, is thin but not wrong.
Read it if…
you want a very short, non-threatening story to open a conversation about change at work or at home.
Skip it if…
you dislike being told to adapt without being asked why things changed; the book never asks.
Three things you will actually use
- Notice small changes early.
- Let go of the old quickly.
- Move; the maze rewards motion.
Do this first
Write down what 'cheese' you are still waiting for that is clearly not coming back.
Our verdict
A short, simple parable; harmless as a read, grating as a corporate mandate.
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