Great Change

Introduction

Our world continues to change at an incredibly fast pace, and we've not reached ‘peak change’ just yet. How we frame this change — whether as a threat or an opportunity — is important. While the accelerated pace of change may be new, the challenges associated with transformation are not. In this book I'll unpack how to navigate these challenges, and how to leverage the lessons and examples provided by those who have come before us.

We've not yet reached peak change

The impact of technological change enabling new and innovative business models is threatening and disrupting established businesses and organisations around the world. This disruption will accelerate, so all leaders must be interested in managing change and successfully transforming their companies and organisations.

This is a book on how to do it. It defines and outlines a ‘way’ of transformation that can help leaders at all levels to adopt the right mindset and understand the very real pitfalls and challenges that make transformation difficult. It also examines how to pull the right corporate and operational levers to effect change and help a corporate transformation be successful.

It's worth noting that there are many techniques and approaches to transforming organisations, and many of their proponents approach transformation with fanatical zeal as though they're the first to deliver material change within an organisation. They may think that the challenges associated with the design and execution ...