In the business world, oil and gas companies are especially in need of accelerated change management for a number of reasons, including: The Great Crew Change – By 2018, 50 per cent of all geophysicists and engineers will be retiring from the Western oil and gas industry. In the business world, oil and gas companies are the enterprises most in need of accelerated change management for a number of reasons, prime amongst which are: The Great Crew Change — The facts are stark: by 2018, 50 per cent of all geophysicists and engineers will be retiring from the Western oil and gas industry. The oil and gas industry is central to decision making and management change right from tracing oil deposits, to laying the supply infrastructure, repair, maintenance and fracturing shale gas. Change management in the oil and gas company is a critical aspect of any organisation that has a leader; it increases operational safety and ultimately reduces operational cost.