Definitely, Maybe Agile
Definitely, Maybe Agile
Peter Maddison and Dave Sharrock
Why Change Triggers Your Organization's Immune System
18 minutes Posted Jul 9, 2026 at 12:00 pm.
Welcome And Change Resistance
Culture And Structures That Stabilize
Incentives Permafrost And Constraints
Boeing And The Cost Of Finance
Leadership Behavior Trust And Honesty
AI Adoption And The Smear Layer
Human Pace Versus AI Pace
Work With The Immune System
Value Streams And Tuning Variation
IKEA Story Takeaways And Wrap
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Organizational change resistance isn't dysfunction, it's a system doing exactly what it was built to do. Peter and Dave break down why structures, incentives, and leadership behavior create that resistance, and how AI is now exposing it faster than ever. Dave and Peter dig into what they call the organizational immune system: the structures, incentives, and habits that keep a company stable, and that fight back the moment you try to change them. They use the Boeing and McDonnell Douglas merge...