When you’re attempting to change a system, remember that a system’s primary directive is to preserve itself. Unfortunately, this tendency can and will often become unhealthy if the system is optimizing for short-term comfort at the expense of long-term survival or if the system is acting on bad information.
A couple of examples:
To overcome these situations, you need to understand the incentives that are driving the system, and only then can you attempt to redirect its energy to more healthy endeavors.
However, this needs to be done with loving care: the more you attempt to fight the system, the more the system will reject you. In these situations, you can rely on tried-and-true change management principles, such as looking for bright spotspointing to the new tower and pointing to the new tower.