The Science of Successful Organizational Change

The VUCA world (volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous) creates a context that makes change more important than ever. Yet, it is as hard as ever, and fails as often as it ever did. To make organizational change work, you need to base it on science, not intuition.

In "The Science of Organizational Change, "Paul Gibbons offers the first blueprint for change for that fully reflects the newest advances in neuroscience, behavioral economics, sociology, and complexity theory. Starting with a rigorous and evidence-based understanding of what makes people in organizations tick, he presents a complete framework for organizing your company around successful change. Going broader and deeper than any previous discussion of the subject, Gibbons offers a much needed multi-disciplinary approach that reflects the complex and difficult realities of changing modern organizations.

You'll learn:

- How a deeper understanding of flaws in human decision-making can help you make far better choices when the stakes are largest

- How new advances in neuroscience have altered best practices in influencing colleagues, negotiating with partners, engaging followers' hearts, minds, and behaviors, and managing resistance

How to bring greater meaning and mindfulness to your organization - and reap their benefits

- How new ideas from analytics, forecasting, and risk are humbling those who "thought" they knew the future - and what to do with this new, more mature understanding

- How to improve your boardroom, promoting more effective conversations about strategy, ethics, and decision-making

What chaos and complexity theories mean in the context of your own business

- How to create resilient and agile business cultures, and anti-fragile, dynamic business structures

To link science with your "on-the-ground" reality, Gibbons interviews top CEOs who are applying its principles. You'll find case studies from well-known companies like IBM and Shell, and deeply relevant quotations from history's greatest leaders and thinkers. Change will never be easy. To systematically improve your odds, you need science, a framework built on science, and actionable lessons from leaders who've made change work. "You need Paul Gibbons' The Science of Organizational Change."