Change

Change management required for decade of technology

A Canon Australia study entitled, ‘Change or Be Left Behind’ has highlighted the crucial role that technology plays as Australian organisations go through changes in their business.

A strategy for change management

Incorporating change management processes into your organisation is not the be all and end all of change strategy, writes change expert Catherine Smithson, you need to target and tailor the strategy for each context.

Change: beyond project management strategy

Research in neuroscience now reveals that our brains are designed to seek a balanced state. Safety and security are primary needs and the brain is at its best when relaxed, with just enough arousal to perform well, without too much stress.

The people challenge in mega projects

Mega projects present major people challenges, which can jeopardise a project’s success. Here’s an outline of the hurdles often faced and some recommendations to conquer them.

Employing a culture of change in project management

You can’t change people; people must want to change themselves. An exploration of how workplace culture affects projects and changes in an organisation.

The politics of water projects

The proliferation of water projects is more than a climate change trend; these projects are necessary to maintain our way of life. No resource has ever been so precious, so public, or so political.

The rise of the change manager

The increased volume, pace and complexity of change has produced a new profession: the Change Manager. Catherine Smithson blogs on what project managers should expect of a change manager and how change managers can enhance their work.

More change, please

Has anyone, anywhere, ever heard a team member or manager ask for more change? No? I didn’t think so! The phrases I hear most often are:

“Why are we changing? Things are OK the way they are.”
“This is change for change’s sake.”
“We are changing too much, too fast.”

How to work with a change manager on a project

The project manager’s job is to deliver the solution and the change manager’s job is to prepare people to receive the solution. One of the challenges is always that positioning. In my experience, the only time it works is when the change manager has equal influence to the project manager. They do two ends of the same job.