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What you’ve just seen is a demonstration of the challenges that individuals can face when trying to introduce change. We've used kiwi (aka: Wiki, as the vehicle to show that organizational culture, behavior, or mindset (perceptions) are each part of the process that require an individual consider when introducing change. | What you’ve just seen is a demonstration of the challenges that individuals can face when trying to introduce change. We've used kiwi (aka: Wiki, as the vehicle to show that organizational culture, behavior, or mindset (perceptions) are each part of the process that require an individual consider when introducing change. | ||
While we've used humor as an approach to introducing change, there are a multitude of other tools that can be applied such as Appreciative Inquiry, workshops, story-telling, manuals, technology, etc. Engaging people through a variety of methods is an important precursor that can lead to "buy-in", | While we've used humor as an approach to introducing change, there are a multitude of other tools that can be applied such as Appreciative Inquiry, workshops, story-telling, manuals, technology, etc. Engaging people through a variety of methods creates value and is an important precursor that can lead to "buy-in", and adaption to and adoption of change. | ||
Often, creating value requires significant change. John Kotter concluded in his book "A force for Change: How Leadership Differs from Management" (1990) that there are eight reasons why many change processes fail and to prevent making these mistakes, Kotter created the following eight change phases model: | |||
*Establish a sense of urgency | |||
*Create a coalition | |||
*Develop a clear vision | |||
*Share the vision | |||
*Empower people to clear obstacles | |||
*Secure short-term wins | |||
*Consolidate and keep moving | |||
*Anchor the change | |||
Individuals who want to introduce or lead change in organizations are key agents who should have the ability to connect people to their specific requirements; similar to those that we saw within the puzzle-piecing portion of this presentation and must be committed to working with people during each developmental phase. | Individuals who want to introduce or lead change in organizations are key agents who should have the ability to connect people to their specific requirements; similar to those that we saw within the puzzle-piecing portion of this presentation and must be committed to working with people during each developmental phase. | ||
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