
Fearless Change: Patterns for Introducing New Ideas
A Computer Science, Technical, Nonfiction book. What are you doing? Cant you see? Im sawing down this tree....
This is the eBook version of the printed book.48 Patterns for Driving and Sustaining Change in Your OrganizationChange. It's brutally tough to initiate, even harder to sustain. It takes too long. People resist it.But without it, organizations lose their competitive edge. Fortunately, you can succeed at making change. In "Fearless Change, " Mary Lynn Manns and Linda Rising illuminate 48 proven techniques, or patterns, for implementing change in organizations or teams of all sizes, and show you exactly how to use them successfully.Find out how toUnderstand the forces in your organization that drive and retard changePlant the seeds of changeDrive participation and buy-in, from start to finishChoose an "official skeptic" to sharpen your thinkingMake your changes appear less threateningFind the right timing and the best teaching momentsSustain your momentumOvercome adversity and celebrate successInspired by the "pattern languages" that are transforming fields from software to architecture, the authors...
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- ISBN: 9780132702546 / 132702541
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overselling Mary Lynn Manns, Fearless Change: Patterns for Introducing New Ideas // establish the vision; sell your dream, make it clear and alive; trust your people; dont interfere with their work; and give feedback at critical points. Mary Lynn Manns, Fearless Change: Patterns for Introducing New Ideas // What are you doing? Cant you see? Im sawing down this tree. You look exhausted! How long have you been at it? Over five hours, and Im beat! This is hard work. Well, why dont you take a break and sharpen that saw? Im sure it would go a lot faster. I dont have time to sharpen the saw. Im too busy sawing![*] Mary Lynn Manns, Fearless Change: Patterns for Introducing New Ideas //
Good as introduction for new change agentsFor folks who are interested in driving change, or have been doing it without much mentorship, the patterns and examples presented here are a nice introduction to various tools. For those who are more experienced, there is some value in finding a common vocabulary around these techniques and... oragnizational coaches I heard the authors speak at an event and found them thoroughly engaging, which lead me to try to read Fearless Change, although I really can't find anything to recommend it.The "patterns" are, with a few exceptions, beyond obvious. Here are a few sections that would lose nothing if you reduced them to the title alone: "Ask for help,"...