FROM GREG’S DESK
Because your real job is change.
Lessons in Implementing and Sustaining Organizational Change: The Rise & Decline of Portugal’s Innovative Drug User Policy… plus a few upbeat links
This article of mine just dropped on Knowledge@Wharton, a Wharton business journal. It’s a quick read (under five minutes) with lots of links if you want to learn more and/or to check my work…
Iraq 20 Years On -- Painful Lessons in Change
How we see determines what we see and I cannot but see this anniversary at least partly through the lens of large scale organizational change.
Innovating Organizational Innovation
Changing Organizations to Innovate. This new article by my friend and colleague, Wharton marketing professor George Day, and me applies my work systems model of organizational change to understanding P&G's successful innovation of its approach to innovation.
How the FDNY Changed After 9/11
Lessons from the ongoing re-creation of the Fire Department of New York from 9/11/01 through today. Our HBR article based on nearly 5 years of in depth interviews with FDNY leaders and first responders. Lessons for Leaders in this HBR article from 2 colleagues and me.
Change Leadership, Vaccines and Mask Wearing
Our relationship to change and to its leadership goes on display daily.
Organizational Change, Innovation, and Growth
This brief podcast from the California Management Review summarizes work that I’ve done with my Wharton colleague George Day (marketing) and the connection of my change model and his research on innovation and growth.
ABOUT THE BLOG
Just another day at my Antarctic office.
When leaders and their organizations face challenges, there's a lot at stake… The “hard stuff” is often the “soft stuff”— like building and maintaining strong working relationships among leaders and their people. Challenging times place special demands on organizations and everyone in them. Through this blog, I will share insights and lessons from my research and field experience on the perspective, skills, and support you need to handle those demands.