How AI Changes Change Leadership | Brian Evergreen | Modern Change Management & Leading Change

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   26 Aug 2026 · 31 min

   Why Stories Matter More | Jennifer Garvey Berger | Modern Change Management & Leading Change

   Jennifer Garvey Berger’s three key insights: connectivity matters more than individual talent in complex systems; small experiments beat both over-planning and paralysis; and stories are legitimate measures of change before numbers shift. If you've ever had a change plan that hasn't quite gone according to plan (and honestly, who hasn't?), this conversation with Jennifer Garvey Berger will shift how you think about leading transformation. She's spent three decades figuring out what actually works when everything feels unpredictable and out of control. Jennifer challenges the "all-star team"…

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   19 Aug 2026 · 27 min

   Is Your Organization Change Allergic? | Anne Gotte | Modern Change Management & Leading Change

   Three key insights from Anne Gotte: change management is as outdated as "personnel" organizations must diagnose their change allergies before attempting transformation; and leaders need to embrace clumsy imperfection while providing clear direction. Anne Gotte is SVP Global Talent & Organization Effectiveness at Mondelēz and she brings refreshing honesty to the messy reality of organizational transformation. She's worked at Bumble, Ecolab, and General Mills, collecting scars and wisdom along the way. This conversation challenges the traditional playbook. Anne argues that "decree change" —…

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   12 Aug 2026 · 36 min

   Why You Build Belonging Before Belief | Hahrie Han | Modern Change Management & Leading Change

   Here are three big insights that emerge from this Change Signal conversation with Hahrie Han: Are you creating value or just convenience?; Does belonging come before belief in your organization?; and Are you building agency or just compliance? Hahrie Han, political scientist at Johns Hopkins University and author of How Organizations Develop Activists and Undivided, has spent her career studying how people build power that lasts. She brings a sharp, human perspective on what drives genuine participation and why small, intentional acts often change systems more than sweeping plans. The…

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   5 Aug 2026 · 30 min

   What Really Moves/Changes a System | Helen Bevan | Modern Change Management & Leading Change

   Here are three provocative questions that arise from this Change Signal conversation with Helen Bevan: Is your belonging actually just assimilation? Are your relationships stronger than your strategy? And what fear is your system quietly running on? Helen Bevan has spent decades leading large-scale transformation inside the NHS, and she brings that rare blend of deep experience and fresh thinking. She makes a compelling case that the real levers of change aren’t the ones we normally obsess over—plans, resources, or methodologies—but the relational fabric that holds a system together. We talk…

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   29 Jul 2026 · 21 min

   How to Build Real Agency | Cate Hall | Modern Change Management & Leading Change

   Here are three questions this Change Signal conversation asks: What freedom are you not seeing yet? Where can you safely loosen control? When does agency become dangerous? In this episode, I talk with Cate Hall about agency — what it is, why it matters, and why it’s more complicated than simply telling people to “take ownership.” Cate defines agency as the ability to see and act on degrees of freedom other people overlook, which is a powerful idea for anyone leading change, transformation, or large-scale organizational work. We get into how leaders can become more agentic without becoming…

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   15 Jul 2026 · 29 min

   Is Your Change Too Big? | Jana Werner | Modern Change Management & Leading Change

   Here are three questions that arise from this Change Signal conversation: What intelligence are you wasting? Who really owns the change? What needs to go first? In this episode, I talk with Jana Werner about why so much change management still feels like something done to people, rather than with them. Jana argues that large organizations often hire smart, capable people — and then design transformation in ways that sideline their judgment, curiosity, and ownership. We explore why top-down change may feel faster at first, but often becomes slower because it doesn’t stick. We also get into…

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   8 Jul 2026 · 23 min

   Leading Change Without Permission | Alex Budak | Modern Change Management & Leading Change

   Here are three questions that arise from this Change Signal conversation: Who gave you permission to lead? What if 25 percent is enough? Where have you become the hub? In this episode, I talk with Alex Budak, UC Berkeley faculty member and author of Becoming a Changemaker, about how change leadership actually spreads through an organization. We explore why people wait too long to claim the role of changemaker, and why permission often has to be taken rather than granted. Alex makes the case that change management is not a heroic solo act — it’s a team sport, built through values, courage,…

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   1 Jul 2026 · 29 min

   Clarity>Certainty. Context>Content | Peter Schein | Modern Change Management & Leading Change

   This Change Signal conversation with Peter Schein asks three questions: • What doesn’t your change plan know? • Where is context quietly defeating content? • Are we building systems so perfect that people no longer need to be good? Peter, co-author with Ed Schein of Humble Inquiry, Humble Consulting, and Humble Leadership, brings a wonderfully useful challenge to change management and transformation work. He says humble leadership isn’t about being modest; it’s about being vulnerable to what you don’t know, and curious enough to discover what the room already knows. We talk about why change…

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   24 Jun 2026 · 29 min

   Two Types of Change Harm | Kate O'Neill | Modern Change Management & Leading Change

   Three questions sit at the heart of this conversation: • Are you starting with the technology, or the purpose?• What harm are you creating by moving too fast — or too slowly?• Have you designed the change people actually experience? Kate O’Neill is a tech humanist, strategist, and author of What Matters Next. In this Change Signal episode, we talk about AI, digital transformation, and the choices change leaders face when the world keeps speeding up. Kate challenges one of the loudest instincts in organizations right now: “We need an AI strategy.” Maybe. But not first. First comes purpose:…

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    17 Jun 2026 · 28 min

    How to Make Change Real | Roger Martin | Modern Change Management & Leading Change

    Three questions sit at the heart of this conversation: Are you asking people to make real choices, or just comply? What past are you accidentally disrespecting? Is your change work actually part of the work? Roger Martin is one of the clearest thinkers I know on strategy, leadership, and transformation. In this Change Signal episode, we get into why so many change efforts stall, not because people are lazy or resistant, but because they’ve been given a vague or demeaning job: “go execute this.” Roger offers a better way: choice chartering. Give people the shape of the answer you need, not…