Posts Tagged ‘Organizational Change’
Managing Change by Changing the Conversation
I’ve always liked Peter Block’s statement, “To change the organization, change the conversation.” Creating organizational change is largely about organizing the right conversations between the right people—that’s how relationships and ways of working together are altered. Deepening that notion, I was at a dinner with Peter at a friend’s house the other night, and I…
Read MoreTipping Point Redux
Review of the three rules of the Tipping Point in light of current research
Read MoreCreate Organizational Change by Encouraging Deviance
Identifying Change Behaviors in Organizational Change Planning
Game Ideas for Enhanced Learning
Change Can Be Fun!
Quick Guide to Survey Design for Organizational Change
Surveys, interviews, and questionnaires are important tools for gathering feedback from stakeholders during organizational change. An organizational change plan always involves some form of stakeholder analysis or research, so asking good questions is critical. As a result, I get asked for a lot of advice on designing surveys, so I thought would list some of…
Read MoreGuidelines for Strengthening Your Change Plan
Frequently, the intention to change and organizational inertia clash so that nothing ends up actually changing. Smart people spend a lot of time coming up with the change, but comparatively little time on the change plan, which so often involves only a launch email and an announcement that training is available. But the study of…
Read MoreA “Philosophical” Approach to Culture Change
Discussion of beliefs and values in organizational change
Read MoreLearning versus Adaptation: Insights from Maneuver Warfare
Military metaphors are normally frowned upon in the organizational change world. Instead, organism metaphors and words like empowerment, collaboration, and partnership are preferred. But a friend of mine recently brought to my attention the Maneuver Warfare Handbook by William S. Lind. Although it is primarily a book about military tactics and operations, this book also…
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