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Leading Exponential Change: Go beyond Agile and Scrum to run even better business transformations
Leading Exponential Change (second edition, May 2019) unveils the secrets of Enterprise Agility.
The way companies manage change has undergone dramatic shifts, and organizations have tried to adapt to relentless market innovations by using artificial intelligence, Big Data, the Scrum Framework, increasingly connected people, and new mind-sets such as Agile or Lean. But all these approaches have only established disruptive change as a new, relentless reality.
In Leading Exponential Change, world-renowned consultant Erich R. B�hler shares the secrets that differentiate truly remarkable companies from those that fail to adapt to today's constantly changing market conditions.
During his years on the front lines, the author recognized that no two companies were the same-and that what worked in one enterprise might not work in another. He studied a wide range of organizations to determine the specific behaviors and mind-sets needed to embrace change.
One thing became clear: human beings are not physiologically prepared for constant alterations in processes, roles, and ways of working. Realizing that a new approach was needed, B�hler developed a set of revolutionary principles and techniques to create responsive people and organizations that challenged traditional thinking (and many Agile concepts).
Drawing on his experience as an international change consultant, the author takes you deep into why companies struggle to adapt even when they have the right people. He also analyzes the reasons some consultants face endless obstacles and resistance to change while others succeed.
This groundbreaking book offers new foundations to help company leaders, managers, Agile consultants, HR representatives, mentors, and scrum masters become skilled at helping others to influence change.
Here readers find five types of Agility-including Mental Agility and how to increase it! B�hler also explains two game-changing frameworks for increasing adaptability to change: the ELSA framework, ideal for environments where people welcome change, and DeLTA, which helps manage change in companies with hostile work environments.
Drawing from years of experience and employing an easy-to-follow approach, B�hler also addresses the differences between Agile and Enterprise/Business Agility, explores what happens to the brain during change, explains methods for improving innovation, and teaches important concepts about organizational psychology and the neuroscience of change.
Between the first and second editions, B�hler traveled around the world interviewing change consultants from different countries and cultures to verify which of his techniques had a positive impact and which ones needed to be improved.
Bolstered by this new data, the second edition of Leading Exponential Change is packed with new paradigms, practices, ready-to-use tools, and real-life stories from the author and other industry-revered consultants specializing in innovation, human resources, and coaching.
Paperback and ebook editions are available in Spanish (Lidera el cambio exponencial) and Portuguese (Lidere a Mudan�a Exponencial), and this second edition is also available on audio for listening on the go.
The way companies manage change has undergone dramatic shifts, and organizations have tried to adapt to relentless market innovations by using artificial intelligence, Big Data, the Scrum Framework, increasingly connected people, and new mind-sets such as Agile or Lean. But all these approaches have only established disruptive change as a new, relentless reality.
In Leading Exponential Change, world-renowned consultant Erich R. B�hler shares the secrets that differentiate truly remarkable companies from those that fail to adapt to today's constantly changing market conditions.
During his years on the front lines, the author recognized that no two companies were the same-and that what worked in one enterprise might not work in another. He studied a wide range of organizations to determine the specific behaviors and mind-sets needed to embrace change.
One thing became clear: human beings are not physiologically prepared for constant alterations in processes, roles, and ways of working. Realizing that a new approach was needed, B�hler developed a set of revolutionary principles and techniques to create responsive people and organizations that challenged traditional thinking (and many Agile concepts).
Drawing on his experience as an international change consultant, the author takes you deep into why companies struggle to adapt even when they have the right people. He also analyzes the reasons some consultants face endless obstacles and resistance to change while others succeed.
This groundbreaking book offers new foundations to help company leaders, managers, Agile consultants, HR representatives, mentors, and scrum masters become skilled at helping others to influence change.
Here readers find five types of Agility-including Mental Agility and how to increase it! B�hler also explains two game-changing frameworks for increasing adaptability to change: the ELSA framework, ideal for environments where people welcome change, and DeLTA, which helps manage change in companies with hostile work environments.
Drawing from years of experience and employing an easy-to-follow approach, B�hler also addresses the differences between Agile and Enterprise/Business Agility, explores what happens to the brain during change, explains methods for improving innovation, and teaches important concepts about organizational psychology and the neuroscience of change.
Between the first and second editions, B�hler traveled around the world interviewing change consultants from different countries and cultures to verify which of his techniques had a positive impact and which ones needed to be improved.
Bolstered by this new data, the second edition of Leading Exponential Change is packed with new paradigms, practices, ready-to-use tools, and real-life stories from the author and other industry-revered consultants specializing in innovation, human resources, and coaching.
Paperback and ebook editions are available in Spanish (Lidera el cambio exponencial) and Portuguese (Lidere a Mudan�a Exponencial), and this second edition is also available on audio for listening on the go.
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Published May 10, 2018
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August 7, 2024not rating this as i was FORCED to read it for school… tbh common sense tho…
December 19, 2019
Lots of good stuff
Leading has a lot of summary info on areas you should be familiar with if you are going to lead a transformation effort. If you are new to Agile Transformation work consider this a reference book of areas for further study. Why only 3 stars if it has so much good stuff? There is almost too many topics included here. The book does a great job of going wide but neglects the needed depth required to fully understand any one topic.
Leading has a lot of summary info on areas you should be familiar with if you are going to lead a transformation effort. If you are new to Agile Transformation work consider this a reference book of areas for further study. Why only 3 stars if it has so much good stuff? There is almost too many topics included here. The book does a great job of going wide but neglects the needed depth required to fully understand any one topic.
February 2, 2020
Interesting book about exponential change
This book is a interesting book how to abboard change management without to dead in the try.
It shows several topics, the mayority content of the book I had read and several of ghen applied to with good results. But it has an interesting approach and bias recomendation to organic change and Im agree with it. In the finish show two interesting models called ELSA and DELTA to make the organic exponential change. The first one with sponsor help and the seco done without it, however the book dont get into a deep explication of them with examples.
This book is a interesting book how to abboard change management without to dead in the try.
It shows several topics, the mayority content of the book I had read and several of ghen applied to with good results. But it has an interesting approach and bias recomendation to organic change and Im agree with it. In the finish show two interesting models called ELSA and DELTA to make the organic exponential change. The first one with sponsor help and the seco done without it, however the book dont get into a deep explication of them with examples.
April 19, 2019
I initially read this book on kindle. I decided to get the paper copy as I loved it.
As an Agile coach, I found the ideas and recommendations in the book really refreshing and useful.
It focuses mainly on embracing change the a company, and how to deal with constant change from the perspective of a change consultant.
I recommend this book if you are in the middle of a transformation and find some resistance to change.
As an Agile coach, I found the ideas and recommendations in the book really refreshing and useful.
It focuses mainly on embracing change the a company, and how to deal with constant change from the perspective of a change consultant.
I recommend this book if you are in the middle of a transformation and find some resistance to change.
April 21, 2022
I think that Erich Bühler does a fine job of explaining different concepts that can help in working with change. If you however want to know more than what is on the surface, there are several other books that deep dive the subjects, e.g. “Atomic Habits”, “Lean Startup”, “Your Brain at Work”, and many other books on Scrum and Agile (non mentioned, non forgotten).
April 13, 2020
It was a pleasure to receive a book in Conferencia Agile-Spain and I wanted to read it. It was the first time I was exposed to the concept of "Exponential" change.
The book is a handbook for change consultants who perform transformations oriented towards Agile and Scrum and contains a diverse collection of references, from SCARF or Drama Triangle to Wardley Maps.
I've learnt a few things I liked, like the Robinson Crusoe technique or the trick of priming.
But I haven't liked the prescriptive parts, the introduction of new methods and names (Enterprise Social Systems, ESS), the lack of index, the lack of bibliography and a collection typos.
It seems the book is available in English.
The book is a handbook for change consultants who perform transformations oriented towards Agile and Scrum and contains a diverse collection of references, from SCARF or Drama Triangle to Wardley Maps.
I've learnt a few things I liked, like the Robinson Crusoe technique or the trick of priming.
But I haven't liked the prescriptive parts, the introduction of new methods and names (Enterprise Social Systems, ESS), the lack of index, the lack of bibliography and a collection typos.
It seems the book is available in English.
July 16, 2019
There are many learnings in this book, but what really caught my attention was to pay attention at people’s feelings and how a companies deal with conflict, we use to underestimate it. Great learning
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