Many years ago, I have come to believe that "resistance to change" does not even exist: This spurned several BetaCodex research papers, including the one on #ChangeAsFlipping, and ultimately the #OpenSpaceBeta approach to transformation.

We also learned that "Resistance" is a reaction to an inappropriate stance on change by those trying to advance the change. We have come to call that flawed approach at change work "Fixation on Acceptance"
https://nielspflaeging.substack.com/p/to-get-unstuck-first-get-rid-of-your

If culture actually "governed" systems, then culture would be a curse.

Which is illogical, of course.
#systemstheory #systemsthinking #culture #betacodex #orgdev #organizationaldevelopment #changemanagement #ChangeAsFlipping

There is no "large-scale change"!
Doesn't exist. Never existed. It's just a mirage.

What exists instead are two modes of change: Working IN the System (optimization) and Working ON the System (overcoming a system). For the latter, employ the wonderfully effective #ChangeAsFlipping: https://betacodex.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/BetaCodex-ChangeAsFlipping.pdf

#betacodex #openspacebeta #transformation #weichselbaum #agiletransformation #culturechange #timeboxedchange #orgdev #agile #lean #teal #beyondbudgeting #organizationaldevelopment

In 2019, the #BetaCodex Network published two important research papers about #change & #transformation:
Paper 15: Secrets of Very Fast Organizational Transformation https://betacodex.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/BetaCodex-SecretsOfVFOT.pdf and
Paper 16: From Now to New, Right Here: Change-as Flipping
https://betacodex.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/BetaCodex-ChangeAsFlipping.pdf

The two papers outline key concepts and theory behind the #OpenSpaceBeta approach, developed the previous year. They also mark a new era in #OrganizationalDevelopment: Away from planned change and #ChangeManagement, and towards "change work done together with all the willing". Both papers were written by our associates @silkehermann and @nielspflaeging.

#betacodex #VFOT #agile #lean #scrum #newwork #futureofleadership #orgdev #culturechange #newleadership #agility #teal #beyondbudgeting #workthesystem #follett #changeasflipping #ChangeLeadership #kotter

OpenSpace Beta is going to celebrate its 5th anniversary in June! Nothing more fitting, on that occasion, to remember that #OpenSpaceBeta-based transformation has been undertaken by quite a few companies already. Here is the testimonial of @tporath, an entrepreneur that @silkehermann and @nielspflaeging accompanied during his company's #transformation, which happened in the middle of the COVID pandemic, and for the whole company at once, with teams in 3 countries. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsn5_Ccd5yw

#5yearsofopenspacebeta #betacodex #Red42 #agiletransformation #orgdev #changemanagement #culturechange #newwork #changeasflipping #orgphysics #cellstructuredesign #workthesystem

Watch the recording from today's #BetaCodexLIVE conversation between @rijon and myself on "Improving Social Systems":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zn8cNtHDx9A

#kilmann #tki #betacodex #transformation #sociology #research #changeasflipping #openspacebeta #orgdesign #orgdev

Stuff that is part of the nature of command & control organization:s:
- Assign blame
- Praise heroes!
- Instill fear in everyone
- Sow divisive myths
- Appraise and judge people
- Incentivize and punish!
- Use judgmental/divisive language

All this is destructive, with regards to value creation, innovation, performance and competitiveness.

The antidote: Make #organizationaldevelopment development a topic of serious conversation. Here is how and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XkrhhNhSVM
#betacodex #agile #agility #agiletransformation #openspacebeta #VFOT #workthesystem #betatransformation #changeasflipping