"Using ground-breaking modeling from the author's company, ChangeTrack Research, Big Change, Best Path brings unique insights to the dynamics and process of transformational change, understanding success and failure, defining and describing the levers and conditions of change, and the patterns and paths of organizational change. It shows that a whole new way of managing change is possible, using empirical benchmarking, predictive approaches that highlight the specific actions needed at any point of a change program, and visualization. Author Warren Parry challenges many of the myths of change management and the dynamics of how organizations respond to change, clearly showing common pitfalls and misunderstandings. This book provides a new, more analytical way for driving successful change, and presents a vision for the future of how organizations can become more agile and resilient."-- Provided by publisher.

"Using ground-breaking modelling from ChangeTrack Research, Big Change, Best Path brings unique insights to the dynamics and process of organizational change, understanding success and failure, defining and describing the levers and conditions of change, and the patterns and paths of organizational change. It shows that a whole new way of managing change is possible, from empirical benchmarking, predictive approaches that highlight the specific actions needed at any point of a change program, and visualization for senior managers to show how each part of an organization is responding. The authors also challenge many of the myths of change management and the dynamics of how organizations respond to change, clearly showing the common pitfalls and misunderstandings. Big Change, Best Path explains a new, more analytical way and process for driving successful change, and presents a ground-breaking vision for the future of how organizations can become more agile and resilient"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-280) and index.

Changing how we change -- Understanding change through maps -- High performance : reaching the highest levels of performance -- Off track : when everything falls apart -- Unsustainable : when change is at the crossroads -- Struggling under pressure : when teams falter -- On track : win the war for resources and move out of the middle ground -- In the dark : mobilize around the vision -- Sleepy in success : get back in the game -- Building momentum : when good is not good enough to jump to the next level -- On the run : keep it together when the goal is rapid growth -- Vision for the future : changing the way we change.

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