Rethinking Organizational Change: Snowballs or Snowstorms?
Is organizational change like a snowball or a snowstorm? Does it gather mass and momentum as it rolls along, or does it dissipate over time, as the original conditions that energized it are exhausted? The answer to this long-standing question has profound implications for managers attempting to implement and manage change in their organizations.
Conventional research […]
Penguins, Fish Sticks & New Year’s Resolutions
Happy new year! The start of a new year is traditionally a great time to consider change, but the window of opportunity is often short-lived. The challenge can be to find the right resources to help the reflective process and assist in setting a new course. Two popular books on change fit the bill and […]



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