Posts on Change and Change Management

Now you see it – or do you?

Change is difficult to implement: people find it very hard to change the way they look at the issue, and so can’t see the need for a radical re-think.

Its not over until the thin lady signs – making the wrong assumptions

We all make assumptions about how other people see things. Change managers must try to unearth this and bring out the contradictions.

Change gear!

Change gets peoples’ attention – but more often negatively than positively. Finding a way to tempt them in by making them curious may help.

Why do transitions fail?

During a strategy-led change, organisation strategy can get out of step with culture which changes more slowly, leading to ambiguity which heals slowly.