Keynote topics

Keynote

The Human Side of Complex Change

Transformation programs rarely fail on the roadmap. They fail on the people the roadmap forgot.

Overview

Every change program has two plans: the one on the slide and the one people carry privately about what the change means for them.

This session brings the second plan into the room, and gives leaders a way to work with resistance instead of managing around it.

Session outline

0:00–0:10

Two plans, one program

The visible roadmap and the private one, and why only one of them predicts success.

0:10–0:25

Reading resistance

Separating signal from noise in the pushback leaders receive.

0:25–0:42

Sequencing trust

Why credibility must be earned before buy-in can be requested.

0:42–0:55

The recovery playbook

Repairing a rollout that has already gone sideways.

0:55–1:00

Q&A

Open floor on live transformation challenges.