Mike's Blog on Change

December 9, 2025

2025 in review and a look ahead to 2026

Hello all! This is my final post of 2025. I’m taking a look back at highlights from what I wrote about in 2025 and a look ahead at what 2026 might hold for my blog.

November 18, 2025

6 questions to ask before focusing on a particular change methodology, tool, template, or assessment

In this post I suggest that there are six questions that a change practitioner should partner with the business people they are working with to ask and answer before diving in to a particular change methodology, tool, template, or assessment.

October 14, 2025

Series Summary: Barriers to Doing Change “with” People

With this post, I’m wrapping up a brief series on barriers to doing change “with” people rather than “to” them.

September 2, 2025

Concern #3 Doing Change “with” People Means I’m Not in Control of the Change

In this post I write about the 3rd of three fears people may have about doing change “with” people rather than “to” them, the fear that taking this approach means I’m not in control of the change.

August 5, 2025

Concern #2 Doing Change “with” People Will Take Too Much Time and Money

In this post I write about the 2nd of three fears people may have about doing change “with” people rather than “to” them, the fear that the change will take too much time and money.

June 30, 2025

Concern #1 Doing Change “with” People Won’t Achieve the Desired Goals

In this post I write about the 1st of three fears people may have about doing change “with” people rather than “to” them, the fear that the change won’t achieve the desired goals.

May 20, 2025

Barriers to Doing Change “with” People

With this post, I’m starting a brief series on barriers to doing change “with” people rather than “to” them.

April 15, 2025

I don’t want people to feel like they’re involved in the change

In this post I share why I don’t want people to feel like they are involved and included in the change management process.

March 18, 2025

My Change Management Passion

In this post I share what I’m most passionate about regarding change management and invite each of us to consider how the discipline might look different in the future.

February 11, 2025

Reintroducing My Change Management “Come From”

In this post, I share an overview of my “come from” regarding change management; What is my home base, from what foundation do I approach change management work?