Saturday Catch-Up: Setting the record Straight

Some of our more popular articles have been those seemingly clarifying thinking about industry terminology, misconceptions, and differences in approach. I believe the change management community values this because as leaders or managers of change, we're often called to navigate complexity on other people's terms. While dealing with organisational dynamics, team growth, human behaviour, and diverse stakeholder perspectives, we're constantly learning the interpretation of change in each new organisation or project. Staying flexible in approach and meeting the change where it's coming from calls for understanding that there can be vast differences in terms, understanding, and usage.

In this week's Saturday Catch-up, we bring you another five from the archive that aim to set the record straight.

Clarifying Terminology, Tactics, and Truths

1. 8 Common Misconceptions About Change Management (Published this week) offered a slightly tongue-in-cheek discussion about those regular tropes we encounter in the market. Change management is a crucial process for organisations navigating transitions, but it’s often misunderstood. Play along and shout "bingo" when you've collected the whole set of 8!
   

2. What's the difference between transformation and change management? (26 April 2024) addressed whether the initiatives we work on are changes or transformations. Understanding these nuances is crucial for successful organisational evolution and for the project, program, change, and transformation industry as a whole.
   

3. The technology dilemma in change communications (21 April 2024) looked at managing communications with burgeoning technology options. Given the proliferation of digital channels and the reduced potential for in-person engagement, this post addresses key questions like: How do you know you've achieved your reach? What do you say to people who tell you, 'this hasn't been communicated'?
   

4. Getting along and getting ahead in change: the Neutrality vs. Advocacy Dilemma (15 April 2024) dealt with a common dilemma in change management: whether to adopt the consulting strategy of maintaining neutrality or the proactive stance of advocacy. Both aim to facilitate transitions, but their execution and outcomes differ significantly.
   

5. Understanding Organisational Change Management: Planned Change (3 March 2024) looked at exactly what we mean by managed change. It discussed how planned change is a proactive approach—intentionally initiated, designed, and implemented to achieve specific goals—in contrast to reactive change, which is often driven by external forces or crises.

That clears it up for this Saturday Catch-Up: Setting the record Straight

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