The Upside of Down: Catastrophic & Creative Change
Unlike most business writers who use up-to-date stories to develop theories and strategies on managing change, the winner of the latest Canadian Business Book Award has made his argument based on the rise and fall of the Roman Empire. Don’t let this put you off, though – this book is well worth taking on your […]
Changing Hearts & Minds: The Importance of Unlearning
We decided to make a change! Instead of our normal fare of summarizing and translating the latest journal articles on change we decided to focus on a topic – organizational unlearning – and attempt to connect the ideas of a number of different researchers*. Tell us what you think.
You might be thinking that we […]
Fundamentals: Avoid Change Pathologies by Checking Your Foundations
Organizations engaged in continuous change paradoxically require a foundation of stability according to Tom Lawrence, Bruno Dyck, Sally Maitlis and Michael Mauws*. Managing continuous change is not the same as managing a project or change program - it is about developing a capacity which can deal with environmental shifts, new competitors and disruptive technologies.
They argue […]



Tom Lawrence, our editor, is the Weyerhaeuser Professor of Change Management at SFU.