The science of organizational change : how leaders set strategy, change behavior, and create an agile culture af Paul Gibbons (Bog)

Summary: Identifies dozens of myths, bad models, and unhelpful metaphors, replacing some with twenty-first century research and revealing gaps where research needs to be done ... Links the origins of theories about change to the history of ideas and suggests that the human sciences will provide real breakthroughs in our understanding of people in the twenty-first century ... Change fundamentally involves changing people's minds, yet the most recent research shows that provision of facts may 'strengthen' resistance ... will help you build influence, improve communication, optimize decision making, and sustain change

Learn what differentiates IBM's 'Change Master' companies from 'Change Novices'. Gain insights from Cisco, Google, Zappos, Comcast, and more. Turn new insights from mindfulness, behavioral economics, complexity theory, and analytics into practical tools. Discard pseudoscience and pop psychology. Make the shift toward greater accountability and replace change management with change agility and leadership.