Description: Conversations of Change is a practical guide that navigates experienced and inexperienced managers alike through the process of identifying, creating and measuring real and effective change. Learn how to make sense of organizational change, how to set up your change initiative for success and what you need to know to implement change well.
Brief description: Jen Frahm (PhD Management) is the founder of Conversations of Change and a high impact change management practitioner, communications professional and executive coach. She has delivered across multiple industries and professions, from wine sales to wedding dresses, veterinary products to energy retailers, nuns and engineers big banks, small IT companies, publicly listed, privately owned and non-profit organizations. Her change projects have included culture change, process change, digital transformation, legislative change, mergers and acquisitions and technology / systems change. She churns out heaps of information on the future of work and organizational change. She has a podcast series (Conversations of Change), two very popular e-books (The Transformation Treasure Trove), and a blog (The Water Cooler). She is an IABC Recommended Speaker and has been listed in the Change Management Review's 5 Next Generation Thought Leaders and Change Source's the Top 20 Change Visionaries You Need to Know . Raised in the hot and humid swamplands of North Queensland, she now calls the much cooler Melbourne, Australia her home.
Review Quotes:
'This is an important book, good common sense stuff we forget when we are stuck in the middle of the chaos of change.
-- Professor Melanie Bryant, University of Tasmania
'You know you are doing right, when other change managers (me) share your content with their clients and early career change resources, point to it and say: 'You see?! What she said!'. Could not be more timely Jen, a much needed resource'.
-- Gilbert Kruidenier, Experienced change program and project manager
I wish I had read this a few years ago, hands down the most sensible and valuable read on workplace change. Strips away the fluff, simplifies the complex and just gets down to business.
-- Simon Hunter, GM Comms, CSIRO
We've all heard 'change is the only constant' and in a digital world the pace of change is ever increasing. If you don't have a handle on how to deal with it, you could well be on a fast track to irrelevance. Luckily, this book is available to help you avoid that. It's a "must read" for the uninitiated to change. And a "should read" for those who want to improve how they do it.
-- Dr Andrew Maher, Chief Digital Officer, Aurecon
Dr Jen has de-mystified the field of change management and provided professionals at all levels of an organization the basic tools, knowledge and inspiration to make informed decisions about small and large-scale changes in their organization.
-- Gabrielle Steckman, CEO, My Integra
I admire the down-to-earth manner in which Jen approaches our field. Could you use this book as a checklist?
Probably. But a fool with a checklist is still a fool. That's why this book is packed with conversations, links and references to scar tissue of people who have been there.
-- Luc Galoppin, Director, Reply-MC, Founder Organizational Change Practitioners LinkedIn Group
Jennifer's insights and experience shine through as she takes existing concepts and clarifies, extends and applies them. We can all benefit from the perspectives and the 'Conversation Starters'.
-- Gail Severini, Managing Director, Symphini Change Management Inc.
Conversations of change is relevant to anyone who wants to manage people, drive change or understand the subtle positive influences one can make in the workplace.
-- James Shirley, Project Manager, Digital Projects, AKQA