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Conversations about improving how change management is practiced.


  • March 31, 2026

    Why don’t we change how we “do” change?

    Beginning later this year I will be available to work directly with individuals and organizations on their change initiatives. Over the next several posts I will share more about this journey. This post examines why we don’t change how we “do” change even when change initiatives don’t seem to be going well.

  • February 24, 2026

    Change initiative failure rates & their costs

    Beginning later this year I will be available to work directly with individuals and organizations on their change initiatives. Over the next several posts I will share more about this journey. This post is about the failure rate of change initiatives and costs associated with initiatives that don’t achieve desired results.

  • January 20, 2026

    This post is different

    My blog is all about starting conversations related to thinking about and practicing change management differently, This post is different.

  • 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.

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