There is no management activity
more misunderstood, abused and ignored than the act of implementing
Change. Some have even suggested that the phrase "Change
Management" is an oxymoron. The articles listed below have a single
purpose, to transform the act of Managing Change from something we
dread, to something we approach with skill, insight, wisdom and an
increased chance of success.
Announcement! As of August 14th 2007 Peter now has
a daily Blog!
Selecting
a new Technology
How do you go about choosing something new?
And then
where will it take you?
So you spent your money... now what happens?
Getting
them to "Buy-into" to something New
Again with the Buy-in!
The
Chronicles of Change #2 May 2007 (MP3) (12mb)
The phase 'Understand the Change' of my Change
Management Methodology.
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The
Chronicles of Change #1 April 2007 (MP3) (12mb)
This is the first run at a regular weekly Podcast on
Change Management
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Unattainable
Consensus
What can you do when they can't decide between A or B?
Just Trust
Me
Trust me, you need to read this...
Delaying
Employee Replacement
A real world example of a crafted Change
Scaling
Change Management
Implementing a departmental change isn't the same as
implementing an organizational change.
Video demo
of a Change Management Presentation
(MP4)
I've been asked to provide an online sample of my speaking
style.. here it is.
Be warned.. it's a large file... 34mb
Why is
Resistance to Change an Issue?
Commentary on a survey on the management philosophy known
as:
"My way or the the Highway"
Confessions
of a recovering Change Inflictor
Before you become an expert, you must first be incompetent
Tempering Traumatic Transitions
Okay, your organization has decided to change... now what?
The Change
Agent's Handicap
Why the title "Change Agent" imposes a
disadvantage.
Defending against Entropy
Where Problem Solving intersects Change Management
Is
"Change Management" an Oxymoron?
Is there a better name for this thing we call "Change
Management"?
Reading
Deep: Good-to-Great
An examination of some ideas in Collin's "Good to
Great"
Newsflash:
Change Hurts (MP3)
A little 90 second Keynote on Change - These are
called PowerPlugs
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Dissecting
the Status Quo
The need to identify what you have before you Change things
The World is Changing Faster
(MP3)
A little 90 second Keynote on Change - These are
called PowerPlugs
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Expanding
Cogito Ergo Sum
A light look at why we resist being changed
The
Embracing of Change
Final results from a mini-survey on Change
Change of
Heart
Some results from a mini-survey on Change
Why the
Wise ask "Why?"
Even a child knows the answer
It's the
Problem and the Solution
The solution to Change Management problems is obvious.
Ethical
Change Management
Applying the Golden Rule to Change Management
Tempering
Traumatic Transitions
You've whittled resistance to nothing... now what?
And the Opposite of
Change is?
How the word "Change" has lost proper meaning.
Why don't
they ask Questions?
The Obstacles to Communication during Change
A Teleconference
on Change
A transcript from a recent presentation on Change
All Sold
Out of Buy-in
"Buy-in" is a milestone on the path to failure.
Lampedusa's
Razor
How do we distinguish between Good & Bad Change?
Back
to the Basics: What is Change?
The Physics of Movement and Change
The Danger of the 'Early Adopter' Myth
How we're abusing a well defined term
Is 'Change Management' a Misnomer?
How should we describe the process of implementing Change?
The Three Shades of Change
Coping with Type I Change
Managing Type II Change
Inflicting Type III Change
Delving into the nuances of Change Management
Why we do what we do
Why we don't implement change the way we know we should
Superficial Skill Sets <---
Most
popular article
The value of Soft Skills
Seven Change Lessons from the Real World
The obstacles facing RFID implementations
No one Fears Change
Why Resistance is a positive organizational Force
But they
sometimes do more than Just Resist
Dealing with Sabotage
But we know how to implement Change!
Lessons from a frustrated Change Victim
By Rhythm or Rote?
The need to understand before we act
An Introduction to Change Management
The Change Process Model
An Application of the Model
A Change Implementation Process
This series is a mini-course on Change
Turning over CDs
Why changing what we do well takes time
Look to the
Root
Is it a surprise that these Change techniques are
applicable
to the real world of politics?
The
(now defunct) Managing Change & Technology PDFs
April 2000
Volume 1, Number 1
The Time in which ‘Change’
changed. - Eli Bay
Communication
of Innovations - Book Review
You
cannot ‘Thrive on Chaos’ - Warren Evans
The
Jock with the Rock - Peter de Jager
Good
Grief... Not More Change! - Alan Simmons
Letters
to the Editor
The
Rules of Change Part 1of 2 - Peter
de Jager
May
2000 Volume 1, Number 2
Anguish & Angst? - PdJ
“Hyperchange”?
- Randy Parker
Book
Review: The Fifth Discipline
The Status Quo is Risky
- Bruce Stewart
100
Years Ago
In
Practice: Chaos #1
Is
Change Useful? - Don Pizzuto
The
Rules of Change 2 of 2 -
PdJ
Mid-May
2000 Volume 1, Number 3
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Classic!
The Virginia Satir Change Model
It’s
a Process
The
Status Quo
Foreign
Element
Resistance
Denial
Chaos
Integration
New
Status Quo
An
Application
Final
Thought
June
2000 Volume 1, Number 4
Change Manners - Mary
Miller
Mastering
The Machine - PdJ
Beyond
the Barriers - Gilbert Cohen
Doing
it ‘Now’ - Bruce Stewart
Waiting
Alertly - Joe Vles
Reflections
on Change - Elizabeth Riggs
More
on Chaos - PdJ
From
Local Govt. - Jackie
Couch
July
2000 Volume 1, Number 5
Are you a Good Manager – Mary
Miller
A
technology Plan – Bob Peterson
Change
Who Needs It? – Jim Frazier
World's
Shortest Course – Peter de Jager
Just
a Thought – Rob Scarlet
Seeding
Growth – Peter de Jager
More
Limericks
Random
Thoughts on Change
August
2000 Volume 1, Number 6
The Right to Remain Silent – Anon
& Peter de Jager
Us
vs. Them – A Perspective – J. Canterucci
Book Review –
Darwin's Radio
It's a New Thing – Buddy
Ray
Into the Depths of
Chaos – Bruce Stewart
The Rational Change
Manifesto – Peter de Jager
October
2000 Volume 1, Number 7
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Classic!
Implementing Change Methodology
I.
Understand the Change
II.
Establish Rapport
III.
Understand Status Quo
IV.
Create Desire to Change
V.
Desire becomes Action
VI.
Reinforce new Behaviours
VII.
Create Closure
November 2000
Volume 1, Number 8
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Classic!
A Holiday Offering – A
collection of Change Quotes
December
2000 Volume 1, Number 9
Who’s
your Fonzie?
From
Obstacles to Steps
When
I talk to Myself, I Listen
Phantom
Change
Repetition,
Repetition, Repetition
Burning
Bridges
Embracing Resistance
Building Rapport
Almost
a Visionary
Rewarding
Failure
Us
vs. Them
Making
Stone Soup
January
2001 Volume 2, Number 1
Some Survey Results
Look Both Ways
Reaction
Management & Other Taboos
Woodstock
Nation 2nd Round
Change in Context
April
2001 Volume 2, Number 2
Tomorrow’s
Layoff
Change
Emotions
Reaction
Mgt & Other Taboos
Implementing
‘X’
May
2001 Volume 2, Number 3
Survey:
The Basics
Survey:
Comms vs Success
Survey:
What we did Right
Survey:
Perspectives on Success
Survey:
A Matter of Culture
Survey:
What we did Wrong
Lean,
Mean & Flexible - Hugh Ivory
Errors
in Haiku
Laid
off? - Survivor this Time
August
2001 Volume 3, Number 1
Organizational
Change Readiness.
December
2001 Volume 3, Number 3
The
Essence of Change
January
2002 Volume 3, Number 4
Small Change
Refinement
on "The Essence of Change"
Organizational
Change Pitfalls and Suggestions
February 2002
Volume 3, Number 5
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Classic!
In Conflict with Mice – A very
different review of "Who Moved My Cheese"
What
is a valuable insight worth?
Two
cents worth of Change
Instigating
Change
Who
was WMMC written for?
March
2002 Volume 3, Number 6
11 tips to topple resistance
Response
to the anti-mouse article
Culture…
it’s how we do things around here
Teamwork
can require change
June
2002 Volume 3, Number 7
The Key Question Regarding a
Change
October
2002 Volume 3, Number 8
The Drive towards
Simplicity
Eight
Tips for Managing Change
Free
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April
2003 Volume 4, Number 1
We Don't Resist Change
Observations
and Tautologies
Big
World Change
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Truth Pick #077
Management that wants
to change an institution
must first show it loves
that institution.
John Tuss
We are, where we are, for a reason. Our present situation took effort. To get to where we stand today, required an investment. Good or bad, it represents what we've done. Regardless of its ultimate quality, we possess a strong sense of ownership, if not pride, in our achievement. Show disrespect to it, and you show disrespect for us.
Understanding how something got from where it once was, to where is now is, is the first step towards moving it somewhere else. What motivated us to build what we built? Does the answer to that question suggest what might motivate us in the future?
Institutions are comprised of people. To think of any organization as anything but the combined efforts of one person piled on the efforts of the next person, is to give substance to something that doesn't exist. It's all about people, taken one at a time, or in crowds of thousands, it's people who change, not 'organizations.'
To change an organization, step away from the edifice in which we stand in awe, and step closer to those who make it move through their daily actions.
(c) 2004 Peter de Jager
Pdejager@technobility.com
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Adapt or perish, now as ever, is Nature’s
inexorable imperative.
H. G. Wells
All change is a miracle to contemplate; but it is a miracle which is taking place every second.
Henry David Thoreau
All change, all production and generation are effected through the word.
Leopold Senghor
All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave
behind is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter into
another!
Gail Sheehy
Although our inattention can contribute to our lack of total well-being, we also have
the power to choose positive behaviors and responses. In that choice we change our
every experience of life!
Greg Anderson
Although the connections are not always obvious, personal change is inseparable
from social and political change.
Harriet Lerner
America is a land of wonders, in which everything is in constant motion and
every change seems an improvement. . No natural boundary seems to be set to the
efforts of man; and in his eyes, what is not yet done is only what he has not yet attempted to
Alexis de Tocqueville
Ancient laws remain in force long after the people have the power to change them.
Aristotle
Any change is resisted because bureaucrats have a vested interest in the chaos in which
they exist.
Richard Nixon
Bebop was about change, about evolution. It wasn’t about standing still and becoming
safe. If anybody wants to keep creating they have to be about change.
Miles Davis
Being ready isn’t enough; you have to be prepared for a promotion or any other significant
change.
Pat Riley
Both tears and sweat are salty, but they render a different result. Tears will get you sympathy,
sweat will get you change.
Jesse Jackson
Certainly, travel is more than the seeing of
sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living.
Miriam Beard
Change can either challenge or threaten us. Your beliefs pave your way to success or block you.
Marsha Sinetar
Change excites me. I am fifty years old. It’s when the mind catches up with the body.
Raquel Welch
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