Change: How Organizations Achieve Hard-To-Imagine Results in Uncertain and Volatile Times Hardcover - 2021

Today's complex, uncertain, and volatile world has rendered incremental improvement and change obsolete. Instead, organizations must deliver nonlinear, dramatic change on a regular basis just to keep pace with the rapid changes and transformations affecting nearly every industry. But how can organizations learn to adapt this quickly, when legacy systems and old ways of doing things hamper their ability to change?

In Change, bestselling author and change management expert John P. Kotter and his team deliver an in-depth, evidence-based, and practical blueprint for organizations undertaking an effort to change rapidly to meet the challenges of the modern world. You'll find case studies and success stories that describe organizations that have built into their company's DNA the ability to adapt with blinding speed, outmaneuver their competitors, and evade existential threats. You'll also read about organizations that have not been so successful, failing to change themselves and suffering the consequences.

Not limited to a particular silo, the authors draw upon material, experience, and research in areas as diverse as strategy execution, digital transformation, restructuring, and more. The principles described in the book are universally applicable to leading organizational change in an increasingly unpredictable environment.

Change offers accessible and actionable solutions based on hard evidence and research into the building blocks of organizational agility and adaptability. You'll discover what sets rapidly evolving companies and governments apart from staid and inert organizations and how to ensure your firm falls into the former category.

Perfect for managers, executives, and leaders at firms of all types and sizes, Change will also earn a place in the libraries of the professionals who serve these organizations. It is an indispensable guide for anyone seeking a proven approach for creating swift and sustainable change.