Is it time to rethink resistance to change?

Recently I’ve been thinking about or perhaps rethinking change resistance. Twenty years ago, when I first started out working in organisation change, resistance was seen as a difficult behaviour perpetuated by difficult people.  Every day I saw managers and change...

The Change Conversation – October 2020 Issue

The October 2020 issue of The Change Conversation is out now. Click the link to download The Change Conversation October 2020 or subscribe here to make sure that you receive The Change Conversation every month.

Appreciative inquiry during a pandemic: can it be useful?

Appreciative inquiry is a key part of our work to support organisations and individuals in creating meaningful change.  But what is it and why is it useful?  And more importantly, is it useful right now, during a pandemic? In this article, I will discuss the key...

Do difficult conversations have to be difficult?

Quotefancy There’s a lot of content out there about how to have difficult conversations. These often focus on tools and techniques to plan and prepare and how to be during the conversation. Whilst these guides can be useful, framing these conversations as being...