Daniel Davies in The Guardian:

The phrase "The status quo is no longer an option" is reliably the leper's bell of the modern managerial idiot. It is almost always wrong. Like Status Quo, the status quo is often vastly underrated simply because it is unfashionable. The great thing about the status quo is that it is not any worse than the status quo. Surprisingly few proposals for "radical and far reaching reform" can actually beat this standard.

In reference to private organizations, I agree. In reference to the government, the bar is lower. (Excercise for the reader: imagine why would that be.) Universities are somewhere in the middle.