< RETURN TO ACTIVATE MAIN MENU STORIES Losing my way helped me see change more clearly An experience last week enabled me to reflect upon my own vulnerability… and appreciate the importance of my role as an organizational change manager. Victoria Marriot I only had one hour to wait for my appointment but straight away …
< RETURN TO ACTIVATE MAIN MENU IDEAS The Change Resistance ‘Pregnancy Test’ Imagine if we could test our target audience’s change resistance levels as easily as conducting a home pregnancy test. Luc Galoppin In this article, I am unraveling the authentic nature of the thing we call ‘resistance’. It turns out that our ability to …
< RETURN TO ACTIVATE MAIN MENU PICTURES Who wants (to) change? Here’s a provocative picture that illustrates the dilemma and challenge facing organizational change makers around the world. Download GIF file Download as two JPG images Download as PowerPoint file This drawing illustrates the stark contrast between individuals’ desire for systemic changes with their desire …
< RETURN TO ACTIVATE MAIN MENU IDEAS What has the brain got to do with Change? Linda Ray Why do 70% of change initiatives fail? For the most part, the business world has ignored science. According to Dan Pink, there is a disconnect between what business does and science tells us. Businesses continue to use …
< RETURN TO ACTIVATE MAIN MENU STORIES Nine Secrets I Learned from My Six Months in Transformation Janine Ellison Key insights from a Change Manager who has just spent six months setting up a program of change to support a deep and complex Organizational Transformation. As a change practitioner, over the years I have worked …
< RETURN TO ACTIVATE MAIN MENU IDEAS What will be your change legacy? Donna Brighton, President, Association of Change Management Practitioners Each January, Buddy Guy is in residence at his blues bar, Buddy Guy’s Legends in Chicago. At 10:30 pm, he takes the stage and breaks into guitar riffs, songs and stories that rival men …
< RETURN TO ACTIVATE MAIN MENU MINDFUL CHANGE MANAGER Combining Profit and Purpose The next generation of workers wish to ensure that workplaces feature purpose as well as profit. Here’s how to get there! Karen Noble In 1998 Sam Mogannam revitalized a small family-run Bi-Rite market in the now-trendy Mission neighborhood in San Francisco. Although …
< RETURN TO ACTIVATE MAIN MENU ACADEMIC CORNER The Missing Ingredient in Job Redesign Many change managers are missing a critical ingredient when they redesign roles, leading to unnecessary failure! Dr Burt Reynolds Southern New Hampshire University In the discipline of change management we often discuss how jobs must be redesigned due to the impact …
< RETURN TO ACTIVATE MAIN MENU PRACTITIONER’S PERSPECTIVE Engage your stakeholders as we reach the middle of the year As we approach the half-way mark through they year, many of us look back and think of the progress, challenges or triumphs that have made up the year so far. As change managers, now is our …
Who wants change? Here’s a great illustrated picture that has been circulating around the internet for some time. The image illustrates the contrast in our desire for change with our desire to change ourselves. We think that this is a powerful example of how images can convey truths about organizational change in an extremely concise …
