CHANGE REACTIONS: Anticipate, Embrace & Opportunitise
Change is real and inevitable. It is a phenomenon that occurs at different stages of an organization’s development ladder. Change helps businesses to evolve in the face of competition, and [...]
20 Over 20
Over 20 years, clients across a range of industries have allowed me to be their partner in driving change across their organizations. At the end of nearly every project, I [...]
Change Management Dilemma: The Wrong Solution or Solving the Wrong Problem
Everything was set for rolling out a communication dashboard under the corporate website for people managers. Details were designed, and a budget was assigned. The internal communication team was hopeful [...]
Here Are Three Things We All Can Do to Reduce Friction and Lessen the Pain of Change in 2021
When people butt heads, it creates friction. Friction slows everything down, making it more difficult and sometimes even impossible to change. We all have less bandwidth to get things done [...]
If Design Thinking Could Serve Change Management with Only One Aspect, This would be…!?
I looked at the long list of stakeholders on the Excel sheet and quickly skimmed the change assessment. I asked the program manager if they talked to any of the [...]
Positive Affirmation and the Japanese Philosophy of Kintsugi Can Help with Your Change Project
The ancient Japanese art form and philosophy known as Kintsugi may help provide insight on how to deal with rapid and accelerating change. Roughly translated, Kintsugi means “Golden Seams” or [...]
Speed and Force of Changes are the Enemy in 2021
In today’s hyperactive, overstimulated world, the speed and force of changes are the enemy. When moving at a measured pace in either giving or depriving someone of something, we create [...]
The Future State of Change Management with Design Thinking
Last week, I introduced Design Thinking as the mindset shift needed to successfully guide organizations through the changes caused by the wicked problems they face. This week, we look at [...]
Oh No! Not Another Methodology!
Why Design Thinking is not another methodology, but the mindset you need to re-invent change management. One gloomy day of the lockdown, I decided to reread a book that had [...]
Getting Real About Culture Change
Peter Drucker wrote, “Culture eats change for breakfast.” As a change practitioner, you have likely been engaged to support “culture change” initiatives in the past. It is also likely that [...]
