The nature of change is
changing…
Speaker Bio
Michelle Brailsford
Executive Coach, Leadership Development
Consultant & Change Maker
Partner & Principal Consultant
Jupiter Consulting Group
Jupiter Consulting Group are a consultancy dedicated to Adding Life Back
Into Work.
Michelle is on the Advisory Board of PWN-Global (Professional Women’s
Network) & a mentor to the myHRCareers network.
She is also Co-Leader of the Change Management Institute South West (UK)
Some questions on my mind
• How come we’re trying to lead complex change with
simple tools?
• How can we, as change agents, best help our clients
(Leaders)?
• What new habits do Leaders need to develop in order to
thrive during times of change?
• What do we – as change agents – have to offer?
Change tools, frameworks and methodologies
are no longer ‘fit for purpose’…
We need new tools!
We need platforms, not programmes!
World 2.0
Work 2.0
Change 2.0
How can we help our Leaders?
New habits for Leaders?
Open Source approaches provide unique benefits such as:
■ Inclusion of people with expertise who
wouldn’t otherwise have been included
■ Free access to that expertise
Diversity of perspectives
■ Ability to update and improve in real time.
What do we, as change agents,
have to offer?
The nature of change is
changing…
Thank You!
[email protected]
What this all means for me?
Emergent change
ENERGIZED
CURRENT STATE
HOPEFUL
RESOURCEFUL
MOTIVATED
TRANSITION STATE
© Jupiter Consulting Group
CREATIVE
ADAPTIVE
STATE
What this all means for me?
From
To
Programmes
Platforms
Top-down
Activist-Out
Sold
Involved
Managed
Emergent
From
To
Change Agent
Architect
Manager
Coach
Tools & Methods
Experiments
Build a change platform, not a change
program, Gary Hamel and Michele Zanini
The Network Secrets of Great Change
Agents by Julie Battilana &Tiziana Casciaro
As a change agent, my centrality in
the informal network is more
important than my position in the
formal hierarchy
Change
Programmes
• too often, leaders
prescribe outcome and
method of change in a
top-down way
• change is experienced
by people at the front
line as “have to”
(imposed) rather than
“want to” (embraced)
• people resist as a matter
of principle
Change
Platforms
• everyone can help tackle the
most challenging issues
• value diversity of thought
• connect people, ideas and
learning
• role of formal leaders is to
create the conditions and get
out of the way
• people engage as a matter of
principle