This season is all about Transformation. Transformation is a word that gets thrown around a lot these days, particularly by consultants, but what does it really mean. This season, we have a great line-up of business and thought leaders who are at the forefront of the theory and execution of transformation to help us shed a little light on what transformation is and how we execute it well. So to help us kick off the season, this week on The Change Artist we talk to Anu Georg...

This season is all about Transformation. Transformation is a word that gets thrown around a lot these days, particularly by consultants, but what does it really mean. This season, we have a great line-up of business and thought leaders who are at the forefront of the theory and execution of transformation to help us shed a little light on what transformation is and how we execute it well. So to help us kick off the season, this week on The Change Artist we talk to Laura B...

This season we’ve looked at a range of structures, from the project management office to practices within the organization that help promote employee work-life fit. We wrap up this series of episodes by taking a look at shadow boards. This week on The Change Artist, we talk to Mahwesh Khan, a senior advisor and researcher at the International Institute for Management Development in Switzerland, with specific expertise in governance and strategy diagnostics, and she shares with u...

As we continue to examine the structures in and outside our organizations that help us work through change, I wanted to spend a minute thinking about structures and practices within the organization that help promote employee work-life fit. It’s incredibly hard to accommodate change, and be resilient in the face of change, when you’re dealing with overwhelm and, at least for me, one of the biggest triggers of overwhelm comes when stress at work compounds with stress at home and things s...

I’ve talked to many people who have a love hate relationship with project management. When there’s no project management rigor around the change programs we’re trying to drive, programs can feel chaotic and collapse under the weight of that chaos. When there’s dogmatic adherence to standard project management one-size-fits-all practices, it can feel like change initiatives collapse under the weight of non-value-add administrative burden. This week on The Change Artis...

As we continue to examine the structures in and outside our organizations that help us work through change, we’re taking a minute to shine a spotlight on professional associations. These are organizations that operate outside of a specific employer who focus on a specific skillset or industry and provide opportunities to build skills and network. There’s a professional association for almost any line of work you might be interested in, and they can be impactful vectors for the new...

The organization operates as a complex ecosystem of people, policy, process, structure, and tools. Trying to drive change in a single aspect, without considering the reinforcing structures across the full ecosystem is likely to render those changes unsustainable. This week on The Change Artist, we talk to Darin Dorsey, an experienced anti-violence consultant and trainer, and the co-founder of Rooting Movements, and he shares his insights from his work in the social change space around ...

This week on The Change Artist we continue our conversation on measuring change and how we talk about the degree to which we’ve been successful in driving our desired change. Our guest today is Dr. Jue Wu, a postdoc researcher in STEM education at UC Berkley and the author of the recent paper in the Journal of Diversity in Higher Education - “Change mapping of models to diversify STEM faculty as practiced by alliances for graduate education and the professoriate" (https://ps...

"When you go in to collect data, step one is why. What is your purpose? What is the mission you're trying to move forward." This week on The Change Artist we're joined by Sertrice Grice, cofounder and chief consulting officer of Mattingly Solutions, a woman-owned diversity, equity and inclusion consulting firm. She’s also the co-author of "Inclusalytics - How Diversity Equity & Inclusion Leaders Use Data to Drive their Work." She’s here with us today to share her...

"There's no business without showbusiness." This week on The Change Artist we're joined by Mike Verret, principal of Verrett & Associates - a firm that helps entrepreneurs shape their message and talk about their businesses in a way that makes investors and buyers say “Tell me more!”, and he’s with us today to challenge our thinking on how we craft messaging that engages our audience and helps us get from introduction to outcome. To reach out to Mike directly and learn more about...