Why Classic Change Models Struggle with Modern Speed
Established change management models still have real value. Their core ideas—creating a compelling vision, building dissatisfaction with the status quo, planning the work, empowering people, and consolidating gains—haven’t suddenly become irrelevant. What has changed is the context. Leaders today are dealing with unprecedented speed, simultaneity, and complexity. Multiple transformations run in parallel. Technologies, markets, and […]
Change as Play
When I first saw Boonstra’s “Organizational Change as Collaborative Play” (2019), the title left me skeptical. I read it anyway, and I’m glad I did. Boonstra offers a credible alternative to top-down, plan-and-push change. Using “play” as the core metaphor, he reframes change as a collective search in which people co-create a desirable future through […]
Guiding Change through Chaos
Is it still effective to rely on traditional, top-down approaches to change? What if, instead, we allowed change to emerge naturally, guided by those closest to the work? This is the heart of what Kenneth Kerber and Anthony Buono call “guided change” — a more flexible, adaptive approach that lets change evolve from within, fostering […]