Wednesday, November 23, 2011 08:39
We are delighted to report MD Brian Lawson's recent chapter publication in:
'Moving Forward with Complexity: Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Complex Systems Thinking and Real World Applications'
Edited by: Andrew Tait & Kurt A. Richardson. 2011, ISBN 9780984216598
Chapter 18: A Consilient Approach: Supporting Leaders to Manage and Sustain Successful Change in Complex, Emergent and Contingent Environments, Brian Lawson
The Application Of Complexity Theory To The Management And Leadership Of Change In Organizations
Brian's overview of the chapter:
This paper proposes an approach to change with leadership teams in the context of an understanding of the dramatic failure rate of most change programmes. It explores how this failure rate can be understood in relation to complexity approaches to management and leadership and their practical application. A Consilient approach to change is then outlined, exploring how this approach can address some of the failures of change programmes as well as supporting a complexity thinking approach to organizations. The application of this approach is then explored with a Local Authority leadership team. In a year they faced: political uncertainty; a 30% reduction in their budget and the transformation of the policy context for service delivery. Evidence is provided of the impact during the first year. The paper concludes by identifying next steps in both the development of the work and the approach.
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