Mike Cardus
MARCH 5, 2023
Change management and organization development are widely used approaches to help organizations navigate change. We will explore the differences and similarities between change management and organization development, their appropriate use within organizations, and the popular frameworks associated with each approach.
LDRLB
AUGUST 18, 2011
Change is a complex process, but many organizational changes follow a common process. The idea to develop a model around this process was first pursued by sociologist Kurt Lewin. Lewin uses the image of an ice cube to explain how to change an organization: unfreeze-change-refreeze.
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LDRLB
AUGUST 18, 2011
Change is a complex process, but many organizational changes follow a common process. The idea to develop a model around this process was first pursued by sociologist Kurt Lewin. Lewin uses the image of an ice cube to explain how to change an organization: unfreeze-change-refreeze. Leadership lewin three-stage'
Leading Blog
MARCH 5, 2020
Quinn on the connection between changing a system and understanding it: “Kurt Lewin argued that we cannot really begin to understand a system until we try to change it. You’ve got to have the resolve, the courage, and the fortitude to see change through that part of the process, because it’s the most difficult part of the transition.
Let's Grow Leaders
MARCH 19, 2023
In larger groups, we often will gamify this process, by giving team members lightbulb stickers to “vote” for the best practices they resonate with the most. In the video, I describe a time-tested tool, Kurt Lewin’s Force field analysis that we use quite frequently in our leadership programs.
Rapid BI
JULY 7, 2014
The Kurt Lewin Change theory model - The Kurt Lewin change theory model is a 3-step process that provides a very high-level approach to change. It gives a manager a framework to implement a change programme.
LDRLB
JUNE 16, 2010
In the 1950s Kurt Lewin created a new discipline of management: change management. Managers and leaders had always been tasked with instigating and facilitating transitions, but Lewin’s work represented the first well-researched theoretical model describing the change process.
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