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Cascades: 6 Principles for Creating Transformational Change

Leading Blog

As Niall Ferguson observed in The Square and the Tower , “Often the biggest changes in history are the achievements of thinly documented, informally organized groups of people.”. As we all have different thresholds of conformity based on our on personal characteristics, there are varying thresholds of resistance in any group.

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5 Behaviors of Leaders Who Embrace Change

Harvard Business Review

”, so that people can fight the natural instinct to resist change. Change-agile leaders and organizations are replacing functional silos with formal and informal organizations that allow for the rapid flow of information and decision-making around a product, customer, or region.

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