Fearless Change: Patterns for Introducing New Ideas

Mary Lynn and Linda have successfully used the pattern form to capture and present the recurring lessons of successful change efforts and have placed a powerful knowledge resource in the hands of their readers.”—Alan O'Callaghan, researcher, Software Technology Research Laboratory, De Montfort University, United Kingdom“The most difficult part of absorbing patterns, or any technology, into an organization is overcoming the people issues. The patterns in this book are the documentation of having gone through that experience, giving those that dare push the envelope a head start at success.”—David E. It contains a collection of eye-openers that is a treasure chest for pioneers of new organizational ideas, A fantastic toolbox for use in future missions!”—Lise B. I recommend that everyone read this book who has a vast interest in keeping his or her organization flexible and open for cultural change.”—Jutta Eckstein, Independent Consultant, Objects In Action Author of Agile Software Development in the Large48 Patterns for Driving and Sustaining Change in Your OrganizationChange. In Fearless Change, Mary Lynn Manns and Linda Risi

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. 0201741571P06082004 . Even though we are not architects, a number of us in the software development community have adopted Alexander's approach as a way to capture known solutions for software architecture, software design, testing, customer interaction, and other aspects of software development. We've gathered strategies from those successful people so you can take advantage of their experience.We've been working on introducing new ideas into the workplace for some time. The patterns in this book are the result of years of documenting our observations, hearing from people who have introduced new ideas, rea

One of those books where everything said seems pretty obvious, but by explicitly putting them together as S. Fraser 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 Bas Vodde 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 three parts. The first part tells short stories on the different phases of change. These stories already made me understand the basics of the patterns and how they were re. "Good as introduction for new change agents" according to 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.

from Arizona State University.. She holds a Ph.D. Now an independent consultant, she helped lead the introduction of patterns into AG Communication Systems in Phoenix, Arizona. Her doctoral work focused on the introduction of patterns into organizations. Mary Lynn Manns, Ph.D., is a professor in the D