Category Archives: Change Management

Evolving the Organisation

Posted on October 20, 2022 by julianstodd

Just a quick #WorkingOutLoud post today, sharing an illustration around ‘evolving the Organisation’. This plays on the notion of the Structural Organisation (the parts we can engineer, see, own, and control. The building blocks of the formal space. Perhaps as … Continue reading →

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Understanding ‘Stasis’ in Change. A #WorkingOutLoud Post

Posted on April 17, 2018 by julianstodd

I’ve cut another 500 words from ‘The Change Handbook’ today, as i try to nibble away at the final stages of writing. I’m sharing a section today which explores ‘stasis’, one aspect of ‘Resistance’ that relates to the way that … Continue reading →

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An Overview of the Dynamic Change Framework

Posted on May 23, 2017 by julianstodd

I’m spending the whole of this week #WorkingOutLoud, trying to complete a full draft of the book called ‘The Change Handbook: Building the Socially Dynamic Organisation’. Regular readers will recognise that, through various iterations, i’ve been working on this for … Continue reading →

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Resistance to Change: Aspects of Cognition – a #WorkingOutLoud post

Posted on January 10, 2017 by julianstodd

I’m sharing another significant chunk of new writing today as I take good strides forward completing the third draft manuscript for the new book on organisational change, and how we build the Socially Dynamic Organisation. I’m #WorkingOutLoud as i do … Continue reading →

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Overview of The Change Curve

Posted on September 14, 2016 by julianstodd

We can observe three ways that organisations change: none of them are fixed, and many will touch upon all three, but very few will achieve the top state, becoming Dynamic and thriving in constant change. Resistant organisations are ones that … Continue reading →

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Elasticity: Moving But Rooted

Posted on June 8, 2016 by julianstodd

There’s an important phenomena called elasticity that we need to understand as it’s an insidious energy of organisational change. Elasticity is where we bend and sway in the breeze, giving an illusion of movement whilst always being rooted firmly in … Continue reading →

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Dynamic Change Framework: Birth of the Book

Posted on November 13, 2015 by julianstodd

I’ve come to the end of the primary writing i’ve been doing around Organisational Change, which is sitting under the provisional title of ‘Organisational Change in the Social Age’. Not the most glamorous title, but it’s first draft and i’m … Continue reading →

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Laying The Foundations For Change

Posted on November 10, 2015 by julianstodd

This is another #WorkingOutLoud post as i complete the final text for the new book. Today, expanding around yesterday’s work on the Foundations for Dynamic Change. Resistant organisations are ones that actively deny change: they identify change conversations and disempower … Continue reading →

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Dynamic Change: Creating Agency

Posted on November 6, 2015 by julianstodd

I’m continuing to #WorkOutLoud on the new book today: it explores how organisations plan for and enact change in the Social Age. It’s based around three manifestations of change: ‘Resistant’ organisations, which deploy antibodies to kill change, ‘Constrained’ ones, who … Continue reading →

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Change Curve: Resistant Behaviours

Posted on October 28, 2015 by julianstodd

I’ve been exploring the 16 Resistors of change in more details as we look at how to segment and overcome the inertia. Today i’m looking at four aspects of resistance that sit under the heading of ‘Behaviour’. These are ‘habit’, … Continue reading →

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