The Science of Successful Organizational Change

Every leader understands the burning need for change – and every leader knows how risky it is, and how often it fails. 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 largestHow new advances in neuroscience have altered best practices in influencing colleagues, negotiating with partners, engaging followers' hearts, minds, and behaviors, and managing resistanceHow to bring greater meaning and mindfulness to your organization – and reap their benefitsHow 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 understandingHow to improve your boardroom, promoting more effective conversations about strategy, ethics, and decision-makingWhat chaos and complexity theories mean in the context of your own businessHow 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; "Change Clinics" that directly engage you in solving change dilemmas, 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.