I was delighted to read this appreciative review of my latest textbook and grateful to Dr David Wilkinson for taking the time to write it. In academic circles, despite the money students and university libraries invest in such texts, textbook authoring is surprisingly unfashionable. David fairly explains why such academic scepticism about textbooks exists, thankfully …
Woodland Decaying (Autumn 2019)
It is odd but when I go down to the woods change and transformation makes most sense. I love how the old trees and old leaves give way to new trees and new leaves, a waltz in which old growth contributes to new growth. In the spring of 2020 I will witness that surge of …
Breaking Convention 16th to 18th August 2019 – An Appreciation
My appreciation of Breaking Convention 2019 psychedelic consciousness conference themed around five personal highlights of a fascinating three days.
Q and A introducing the Notebook Series
An imagined Q & A introduces a new direct published Notebook Series. The post seeks to convey the rationale for the new Notebook Series, the likes and dislikes of direct publishing and hopes for the future.
How they framed organizational change failure (Notebook No.1)
We need to question the persuasive narrative that organizational change tends to fail. This post introduces Notebook No.1 and its chapter content questioning currently favoured change failure framing.
How they constructed change leadership (Notebook No.2)
Post in 31 words - This post introduces the second Notebook and its chapters. The shift from change management to change leadership begs a question why? We seem to place faith in leading change, but why? An introduction to the Notebook Series is available here I have worked at Brighton since October 1987. During a …
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Leading changes: Why transformation explanations fail
Abstract Professor John Kotter (1995) claimed in Leading change: Why transformation efforts fail to have identified eight leadership errors which resulted in transformation failures. He followed this up in 1996 with his best-selling book Leading Change, prescribing an eight step model for leading transformations encouraging change leaders to create a sense of urgency, build powerful …
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