On Tuesday 25th June we hosted our event Unlocking Change Potential: Fostering Collaboration for Organizational Success. We welcomed local industry partners and local businesses to join us for an interactive discussion and expert presentations. I presented an update on my latest research findings and best practices in change management derived from a two year BritishContinue reading “Unlocking Change Potential: Fostering Collaboration for Organizational Success”
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Special Issue: The Strategy and Change Interface: How are ‘Enabling’ Processes and Cognitions Related and Used?
Special Issue: The Strategy and Change Interface: How are ‘Enabling’ Processes and Cognitions Related and Used? Guest Editors: Angelina Zubac, Marie Dasborough, Kate Hughes, Zhou Jiang, Shelley Kirkpatrick, Maris G. Martinsons, Danielle Tucker, Ofer Zwikael I am delighted to announce the publication of our special issue in Management Decision Volume 59, issue 3 The aimContinue reading “Special Issue: The Strategy and Change Interface: How are ‘Enabling’ Processes and Cognitions Related and Used?”
Louder than Words Podcast – ‘The Great Reset’ or Business as Usual?
Join Dr Louise Nash and myself as we discuss whether the pandemic been a trigger for real change in where and how we work, or a temporary intermission from traditional work practices with Professor Jules Pretty on the Louder than Words Podcast. Accompanying blog post originally posted on University of Essex blog here on 29Continue reading “Louder than Words Podcast – ‘The Great Reset’ or Business as Usual?”
I’ll be attending the 84th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM 2024) in Chicago, 9-13th August 2024
I’m delighted to announce that I will be heading to Chicago this summer to attend the Academy of Management Annual Conference, which has been a regular feature of my academic calendar for the last 15 years. This year’s theme Innovating for the Future invites members to examine the interplay of innovation, policy, and purpose as a lensContinue reading “I’ll be attending the 84th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM 2024) in Chicago, 9-13th August 2024”
People are talking about the way our book reframes resistance to change
One of the core themes of our book is about inclusion. This is a theme throughout the book, however, one particular conversation was particularly resonating with reviewers, colleagues and readers at our book launch event earlier this year. We discuss what inclusion means in relation to resistance to change. We introduce students to traditional theoriesContinue reading “People are talking about the way our book reframes resistance to change”
How 15 years of change management research informed our book
Textbooks are often viewed as not being research-led. But in my experience this is not the case. Writing our new book on Organizational Change Management: Inclusion, Collaboration and Digital Change in Practice has been an opportunity for me to pull together a lot of research ideas that I have been working on for many years.Continue reading “How 15 years of change management research informed our book”
Webinar: For the organisation or against it? How change agents within organisations make sense of their role and develop the skills they need to manage change
Last month, I really enjoyed giving a webinar on ‘For the Organisation or Against it? How change agents within organisations make sense of their role’ as part of the Essex Business School Post Graduate webinar series. Really good engagement from prospective students. We discussed:💡 why becoming a change maker in organisations is a daunting task butContinue reading “Webinar: For the organisation or against it? How change agents within organisations make sense of their role and develop the skills they need to manage change”
Who are change makers and what do they do?
Our new book on Organizational Change Management: Inclusion, Collaboration and Digital Change in Practice offers advice to #changemakers – but who are change makers and what do they do? Our approach puts the change experience as the starting point, so that we can identify targets and lessons for current and future professionals who become changeContinue reading “Who are change makers and what do they do?”
How our book on Organisational Change Management came about
Ever wondered how books like Organizational Change Management: Inclusion, Collaboration and Digital Change in Practice come about? Here is our story… Over the years I have ordered lots of inspection copies from publishers like Sage on Organisational Change trying to find a textbook that I could use to support my students on a variety ofContinue reading “How our book on Organisational Change Management came about”
One question we keep getting asked is about the choice of cover for our new book.
The answer: the cover image, which depicts a flock of birds changing direction, is metaphor for change. The flock of birds are so far away in the distance that they appear as a collection of dots on the horizon. You cannot see independent movement of bird’s change of direction, the effort or it’s struggles, allContinue reading “One question we keep getting asked is about the choice of cover for our new book.”