Reports from the Change Journey (15)

I can't say that I wasn't prepared. When I got this recent assignment for facilitating a workshop for a 7 people HR team, I was warned that there was medium to high risk of conflict. Well, if you know such things in advance, facilitating such a workshop can one of the most rewarding jobs - standing in the middle of the fire. To summarize a long story: the Change Journey Map contributed to a positive outcome.

But let's start from the beginning. Here was a team under enormous pressure…

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I added some more theoretical background on the Change Journey. It looks at different change models and how the Change Journey relates to them.

Mike Miles from Ottawa is fellow traveller no. 200! Welcome him! Mike teaches and works with managers around change management. He is involved in
some significant change initiatives as Director of the Telfer School MBA
program and he says that he would like to have some fun with others in building
effective strategies.

Mike, I believe this is the right place for you!

If you want a simple yet convincing demonstration of complexity / chaos theory, watch this:









Now, what does this mean to organizations and change… Continue

Today, I found a great blog post from Rosabeth Moss Kanter which suits well to the concept of the Change Journey. She describes the difficult journey which often starts with excitement that quickly turns into disappointment and grievances:



Whether you are President Obama leading the economy or Cindy CEO tying to keep your business afloat, use this checklist to determine when to persist and when to… Continue

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Eldisa "Lloshi" Zhebo, a long friend and colleague has just joined our Change Journey community as member no. 100!

Eldisa graduated in the University of Tirana, Faculty of Philology, Albanian Language & Literature Department (Specialized in Communication & Stylistic). She has 12 years of professional experience at managerial level 10 years of professional experience on development issues 14 years of… Continue

I have opened a new section on background theory which you need in order to be an effective tour guide. The section starts with a presentation on complexity in organizational change:…





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About three weeks ago, I posted a question on LinkedIn: "What associations do you have with the concept of a change journey? Here are some of the replies:

To start a journey, one's attitude would most beneficially be openess to the opportunities that are revealed along the path. (Christine Hueber)

Change is a journey and the journey is always about change. And if…

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In the last days, I had my first discussions with different members of this community on how to implement the global workshops in which the Change Journey Map will be implemented. It looks likely that we will start in Amsterdam, have 2-3 more workshops in Europe, than move over to Asia and Australia. Then, the journey will continue in North America and maybe South Africa.



In one of my first discussions with… Continue

We have now an Agora. In ancient Greek city-states, the Agora was an open "place of assembly". It is the place where the dialogue about the concept of the Change Journey, it's implementation and other aspects will be held. Feel free to contribute but also to start your own threads. Additionally, each "place" has it's own small Agora. I don't think it is possible to aggregate all discussions at one place in this platform but maybe it is… Continue

It was a long day, and it was hard to find sleep. What an excitement! After building up the buzz over the last days, we inaugurated the Change Journey yesterday, March 2, 2010, with a big social media campaign. We opened our Facebook group (39 fans), the number of members in this community grew to 49 in one day. They come from all corners of the world. Lot's of Twitter noise (#changejourney) and also a lot of personal encouragement. In the… Continue

Today is the day of the official inauguration of the Change Journey.

Vesa and I have worked for the last year to present you this meta model to change processes. It does not replace any other model or tool - it incorporates the entire wisdom and knowledge that exists on the dynamics of change processes.

What will happen today

At 15.00 CET / 10 AM EST, we will have a 20-30 minutes short web introduction on the map concept.… Continue

We still base our strategies

on the assumption that organizations could be understood as machines. …

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Only two days left for the official inauguaration of the Change Journey. Lots of small last minute adjustments, building up the social networks and starting to create buzz. I am on the road again and I have no idea where this journey will lead me.



Here is the plan: The Change Journey concept will be introduced step by step over the next months. On Tuesday March 2, 2010, we will send out invitations to look at this website, understand the basic concepts and to join us via this Ning… Continue