We all recall how Ebenezer Scrooge is miraculously transformed in ‘A Christmas Carol’. But have you ever wondered how you could conjure up similar transformation…

A recent Radiolab podcast http://www.radiolab.org/story/91500-emergence/  deals with the idea of ‘Emergence’ – how patterns of intelligent behaviour emerge in the absence of leaders. A colony…

I hope this makes you smile (or wince) – “The Trouble with Change…” on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esXwnno9jns  Based on the famous comedy sketch by John Cleese,…

For many people change management seems like an invention created to keep consultants and Human Resource professionals in business. They wonder why we need change management…

Change can, and does, cause people stress, providing a strong motive for resistance, whether passive (avoidance) or active (opposition). This is not, however, universally true;…

Do people always resist change? No, of course not. Witness the queues outside Apple stores full of eager people hoping to be the first to…

We all form attachments. At an early age, we become attached to physical objects, like a favourite toy or a blanket, as well as forming…

When implementing change people often wonder about who to involve and how to involve them. They ask themselves questions like: Do I need to involve…

A frustration often voiced by managers who are trying to bring about change in their organisations is a lack of commitment from those at the…

We all know that change can’t happen if leaders don’t lead it; if they fail to set out a clear vision, if they fail to…