From the discoveries of brain research about why we react the way we do, we can draw many lessons about what supports a change and what creates unnecessary resistance. The SCARF model summarises five social domains that studies have shown activate the same threat and reward systems as physical threats and real rewards: When we…
When you launch a larger implementation or organisational-development project, it is often taken for granted that you’ll have a project manager. But why add a dedicated change leader? What use is the change leader that the project manager doesn’t already cover? A good combination is often a change leader working side by side with the…
This is a blog post about surprising resource allocation in IT projects — and about at least one forward-thinking lead project manager who thought differently. My change management colleague Catrin Brodin recently posted the image above on LinkedIn, and the comments quickly filled up with affirmation. Even though the change leader is not as established…
An old friend from secondary school put his finger on what I hope to achieve with New2change.com, in a way I could never have phrased better myself. The other day I had a longer meeting with an old friend from school about our lives, our jobs and change management. After our meeting — and after…