Fearless Change: Patterns for Introducing New Ideas
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| Rating | : | 4.97 (752 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0201741571 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 273 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-07-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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As Christopher Alexander noted:We may then gradually improve these patterns which we share, by testing them against experience: we can determine, very simply, whether these patterns make our surroundings live, or not, by recognizing how they make us feel. Wouldn't it be wonderful if all the people, just like you, those "powerless leaders," who have had some success in their attempts to introduce a new idea, could sit down with you and share their secrets? This book will provide the next best thing. The introduction of new ideas is, of course, not limited to the software area, but it's where we both began to see a new source for importan
S. Fraser said One of those books where everything said seems pretty obvious, but by explicitly putting them together as. One of those books where everything said seems pretty obvious, but by explicitly putting them together as patterns has materialized them in my head so that I can articulate them and thus notice and apply them. Interesting -- same thing can be said of the Design Patterns book, it wasn't that I hadn't used them before, but now I had a language to use around what I had already been doing, so that now I could notice it.. A great help for introducing change Fearless Change is a catalogue of patterns for introducing change in a company. Personally I've been in the role of change agent for years and this book provided me many "ah-hah"s which you get from reading good patterns. Most of the patterns I've applied in the past. Now I realized it and I got a name for them, which makes me more able to reuse the patterns. Some of the patterns were new to me and I've applied them immediately in my work.The book is organized in . Good as introduction for new change agents Kevin Goldsmith For folks who are interested in driving change, or have been doing it without much mentorship, the patterns and examples presented here are a nice introduction to various tools. For those who are more experienced, there is some value in finding a common vocabulary around these techniques and it is a nice reminder of things that you may have internalized.
She holds a Ph.D. from Arizona State University.. Mary Lynn Manns, Ph.D., is a professor in the Department of Management and Accountancy at the University of North Carolina, Asheville. Now an independent consultant, she helped lead the introduction of patterns into AG Communication Systems in Phoenix, Arizona. Linda has worked in the telecomm
Many are also fun to apply. Find out how toUnderstand the forces in your organization that drive and retard changePlant the seeds of changeDrive participation and buy-in, from start to finishChoose an "official skeptic" to sharpen your thinkingMake your changes appear less threateningFind the right timing and the best teaching momentsSustain your momentumOvercome adversity and celebrate successInspired by the "pattern languages" that are transforming fields from software to architecture, the authors illuminate patterns for every stage of the change process: knowledge, persuasion, decision, implementation,