Magazine Recently, technological advances have led neuroscientists to develop a new and more sophisticated framework. It shifts the focus of study from the activity of specific brain regions to how networks of brain regions activate in concurrent patterns. In this article, two experts in brain science explain important discoveries […]
The Neuroscience of Change: a conversation with Walter McFarland
Walter McFarland shares insights on the latest neuroscience research findings that inform how we lead organizational change mcfarland-100 Walter McFarland believes that the emerging field of neuroscience may be a source of new insight into the theory and practice of organizational change. As neuroscience research increases our knowledge of […]
Neuroscience: Helping employees through change
How does change affect an employee’s behavior and mindset, and what can internal communication do to ensure they retain high engagement levels? An age-old question that’s imperative to success, especially in the modern business environment where mergers, takeovers and acquisitions are commonplace. Hilary Scarlett explains how the practice of […]
The Persistence of Behavior: the Role of Neuroscience in Change Management
One of the central challenges and objectives of change management is to help each person in a group, team, department […]
What is “Change Management”?
The first perspective of “change management” is that different fields of endeavor use the same term with very different implications. Information technology (IT), for example, uses the term to mean overall management of changes in developing software code. When “the left hand doesn’t know what the right hand is […]
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My opinion of organizational change management foundations differs somewhat from that of Hiatt. His view, as described in the above reference, sees change management as an outgrowth of engineering and psychology. Alternatively I believe it is an outgrowth of three disciplines: psychology, leadership, and engineering. Reduced almost to a quip, psychologists think in terms of relationships and feelings. Leaders think in terms of goals and controls. Engineers think in terms of systems and execution. All three are necessary considerations.
Engagement, Emotion and Change Management
What makes us pay attention to something? What attracts us to something, or repels us? What makes us want to know more? These are questions of engagement. And the answers to them are found in how the brain regulates behavior. In the first blog entry of this series on […]