TY - JOUR AU - Pellissier, Ren AU - Kruger, Paul PY - 2011/11/05 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - JUMPING THE CURVE JF - The South African Journal of Industrial Engineering JA - S AFR J IND ENG VL - 10 IS - 1 SE - General Articles DO - 10.7166/10-1-372 UR - http://sajie.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/372 SP - AB - This paper explores the notion ofjump ing the curve,following from Handy 's S-curve onto a new curve with new rules policies and procedures. . It claims that the curve does not generally lie in wait but has to be invented by leadership. The focus of this paper is the identification (mathematically and inferentially) ofthat point in time, known as the cusp in catastrophe theory, when it is time to change - pro-actively, pre-actively or reactively. These three scenarios are addressed separately and discussed in terms ofthe relevance ofeach. ER -