We-Think: Collective innovation and change
In our last post we explored how information technology, and in particular the Internet, has significant implications to those managing change in organizations. In this post we focus specifically on the topic of innovation and how the Internet facilitates mass creative activity - what Charles Leadbeater describes in his latest book as “We-think”*.
Leadbeater argues that […]
Family matters: A different perspective on change
Family businesses get a bad rap. Their reputation is based on family feuds, eccentric and self-interested leadership, and powerful boards where members blood matters more than brains. Recent research by Danny Miller and Isabelle Le Breton-Miller* suggests, however, that successful family businesses - including icons such as Ikea and Wal-Mart - represent an important set […]
Change Post-It - Collaboration
Change Post-its are ideas we come across as we scan the internet and other sources for new ideas that might assist change agents. The thinking behind this type of post is that it should contain an eclectic range of resources that take less than a few seconds to scan. Tell us what works!
Something to read: […]



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