I will start today's intervention with the well-known thoughts of some ancients. Machiavelli stated the obvious when he told us that ‘There is nothing more difficult to carry out, nor more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to handle than to initiate a new order of things!' If you are in doubt, go and ask Jesus Christ. Consequently, people resort to shortcuts, and Samuel Butler warns that ‘He that complies against his will is of his own opinion still’, a position supported by Dale Carnegie. These borrowed thoughts stress the fact that you cannot force people to truly change their minds because they might pretend to agree while still holding the same view. Of course, there is a wide difference between change and transition, and while change is easier to achieve, transition is extremely difficult. Still from the ancients, 'It is better to discuss a matter without closing it than to close a matter without discussing it' (Joseph Joubert). This stresses the importance of discussion and consensus in settling matters, though discussing endlessly is also not ideal.