PM Point Of View #95. Change Management and TOC

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“I will do what I can, with what I have, where I’m at.” This is a different take on change management; we break down what people say about change but linking it to the underlying framework from the Theory of Constraints. We should recognize that our organizations are fragile systems, and may be running on consequences and not on relationships. The organization has a sort of physics, and what we see in a lot of change environments is directive, not engagement, and we overcomplicate it–and even when we get it, we don’t see it sustained. TOC suggests that we starts with inherent simplicity, inherent potential, and helps us realize April’s adage, “Don’t drive people, drive change.” It has a business imperative.

Co-hosts Mike Hannan and Kendall Lott uncork the effervescence of April K Mills, an international consultant and author of Everyone is a Change Agent and Change Tactics. She was a civilian U.S. Navy nuclear engineer and founded Engine-for-Change LLC. She has consulted with technology, transportation, and energy companies and is a keynote speaker at Agile, Lean, Theory of Constraints, and program and change management events.

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