Inside Change Blogs 

As project and HR professionals, we are in the business of change. 

Preparing people for change doesn’t have to be confusing and hard.  Identifying the change and helping people get ready not only increases success, it adds to the bottom line as our change is adopted more quickly....

Many years ago, I raised my hand to be a visionary volunteer leader for the National Speakers Association of Michigan. It may be “meta”, but for me, meaningful because that experience set off a chain reaction which continues to impact me. I discovered that becoming an association...

How’s your VUCA world? 

VUCA which stands for, Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous was a bit of a buzzword for a couple of years ago, but now it seems to be the way we function in all aspects of life and work.  

In some cases, VUCA may be a term used to indicate a chaotic...

Spring has arrived! and though I know it’s just a few short weeks until we have full-out Summer here in Michigan, I’m always thrilled to see the transition and renewal that happens in the Spring.  

This year I’m reflecting on a time, pre-pandemic, when transition to change...

It bears repeating, communication is essential to change. The pandemic has made communication more difficult and less reliable than our standard day-to-day patterns. Informal communication has been disrupted and the chaos created by the combination of remote vs. onsite vs. hybrid had made...

I’m not telling you anything you don’t know when I say the world is rapidly changing. We see that every single day. It is changing faster than ever, and I believe that to continue to thrive, you can’t stand still. So how do we find the opportunity to transform, accelerate...

Our world has seen more disruption than in the last 24 months than we have seen in the past 24 years. This constant change has left little time to ensure change adoption and as I’m sure you’re aware, the stakes are high. We need a coordinated approach to change for our projects, more...

Creating a positive and healthy culture for your team rests on a few major principles. A positive workplace culture boils down to six essential characteristics:

1. Caring for, being interested in, and maintaining responsibility for colleagues as friends.
2. Providing support for one another, including...

Digital transformation has been identified as a new buzzword, but it encompasses a long-standing organizational issue. One of the critical elements of digital transformation is to successfully establish a cultural foundation so everyone in the organization has a common understanding of how they...

 I remember asking my PMO director to provide a kick-off for the “Change Management for Project Managers” training we were conducting for our team. He sighed, looked at me for a minute and asked “Why can’t we just tell people to change and they… change. Why...

Have you ever had the feeling that you aren’t singing from the same song sheet as others? I experienced this recently when attending a memorial service for a family friend. Some of the participants were singing a hymn that was printed in the memorial program. Others were singing from the...

Many years ago I volunteered to be a visionary volunteer leader for the National Speakers Association of Michigan. I know, it’s “meta” but meaningful because that experience set off a chain reaction which continues to impact me. It was much more valuable to me than to the NSA...