A low-cost, low-risk, low-stress approach to organizational change
McKinsey Corporation estimates that 70% of organizational change programs fail. And that’s after they’ve hired groups like McKinsey, paid them a million dollars, invested 12 months, and stressed themselves out.
It’s the “master plan approach,” and it’s broken. There has to be another way.
In my PhD on systemic change, I discovered an alternative approach. It did not exist in any book, but I saw it being practiced by some of the world's best companies. Instead of a master plan, it followed the principles of systems thinking and strategic leverage points:
Welcome to Leverage: a low-cost, low-stress, low-risk approach to organizational change.
Strategy Advisor | Management Consultant | Antifragilist
As the founder of a leadership & strategy consultancy, Dr. Kevin helps visionary organizations find anti-fragile solutions to complex problems. With a PhD in change leadership, Dr. Kevin helps executives navigate uncertainty and create the future. As a thought leader, his capacity-building programs and strategic management tools have been used by The World Bank, European Union, Accenture, EY, PwC, Canon, Mott MacDonald, Internal Revenue Service, and the World Health Organization.
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