Change Management Review Podcast
This podcast explores the field of organizational change management, bringing together academic research and real-world practices. It features insights from professionals working with change and aims to provide integrated global perspectives. Host Theresa Moulton discusses strategies and experiences related to managing change in organizations. The show serves as a resource for change management practitioners and researchers.
Episodes
Building Skills-Powered Organizations in the AI Era with Ravin Jesuthasan
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Overcoming Knowledge Gaps That Make Organizations Resistant to Innovation with Eric Saylors
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From Insight to Action: Redefining the Pace of Change with AI-Enabled Change Management with Tim Morton
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Turning Uncertainty Into Innovation with Robyn Bolton
Innovation requires more than bold ideas. Robyn Bolton explains how leaders can build organizations that adapt and evolve through uncertainty.
Why AI Transformation Fails Without Change Management with Melissa Reeve
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Why Wellness Programs Aren’t Enough — And What to Do About It
Why wellness programs aren’t enough—and what leaders must do to build healthier, high-performing workplaces.
Big Bet Leadership
John Rossman joins Theresa Moulton to explore why organizations must pursue “big bets” — high-ambition, high-risk initiatives — to remain competitive. He shares how leaders can use clarity, experimentation, and disciplined execution to manage risk while driving meaningful transformation.
How Distributed Teams, Generative AI, and Global Shifts are Creating a New Human Powered Leader
Dr. Christie Smith explains emotionally mature leadership and why today’s leaders must move from self focused to human centered leadership. Learn how to lead distributed teams, apply AI responsibly, and handle return to office mandates with context and empathy.
The Power of Belonging: Building Emotionally Intelligent Teams with Vanessa Druskat
Theresa Moulton talks with Vanessa Druskat about emotionally intelligent teams, why belonging fuels psychological safety, and the simple norms that boost participation, feedback, and change adoption. Practical tips for leaders and change pros.
Leading through Chaos: Lessons in Grounded Leadership with Tony Martignetti
When the world feels chaotic, great leaders stay grounded. Leadership advisor Tony Martignetti shares how to lead with compassion, build resilience, and inspire calm in the midst of change.
Navigating Conflict in Change: Expert Tips and Insights with Sarah Bowser
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Leadership Insights: Building an Ownership Culture with Niki Avraam
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The Future of Change Management with Paul Gibbons
Renowned author and change expert Paul Gibbons explores how rapid shifts in technology, mental health awareness, and leadership demand more adaptive, human-centered approaches. He offers powerful insights on behavioral science, AI, and why it’s time to rethink traditional change models and DEI strategies.
Breaking Start Up Myths: Scaling Change and Leadership with Martin Gonzalez
Martin Gonzalez, creator of Google’s Effective Founders Project, shares his experience advising leaders across startups and large enterprises. He reveals critical insights into what it really takes to scale organizations successfully -—and why many leaders fall for myths that hold them back.
Radical Humility in Leadership: Unlocking Trust, Growth & Resilience with Urs Koenig
Urs Koenig - leadership expert, executive coach, and the author of Radical Humility, shares powerful insights on why radical humility is the key to effective leadership in today’s fast-paced world. Drawing from his experience as a NATO peacekeeping commander, ultra-endurance athlete, professor, and keynote speaker.
Igniting Organizational Change: A Person-First Approach with Richard Carson
Explore a step-by-step change model by Richard Carson that empowers organizations by engaging people at all levels, ensuring lasting transformation and cultural sustainability.
Designing High Value Change Experiences with Helen Palmer
Learn how Helen Palmer redefines change management through the lens of experience design. This insightful discussion delves into the principles and mindset behind creating intentional, change experiences for humans that drive meaningful behavior shifts and experiences of changing.
Unlocking Change Execution and Success Part 2: Conquering Overload and Transforming Culture with Maria Darby
Unlock the secrets of successful change execution with Maria Darby, CEO of Conner Partners. Discover proven strategies for leadership, sponsorship, and risk management to drive impactful change and ensure long-term success in a dynamic environment! Part 2 of a 2-part conversation.
Unlocking Change Execution and Success Part 1: Mastering Intent and Empowering Sponsors with Maria Darby
Unlock the secrets of successful change execution with Maria Darby, CEO of Conner Partners. Discover proven strategies for leadership, sponsorship, and risk management to drive impactful change and ensure long-term success in a dynamic environment! Part 1 of a 2-part conversation.
Embracing the AI Revolution in the Workforce with Atif Rafiq
In conversation with Theresa Moulton, Atif Rafiq (Thinkers50) emphasizes that AI can be a powerful enabler in business problem-solving, especially when paired with human creativity. By combining AI's efficiencies with human ingenuity, organizations can redefine roles and enhance innovation.
Six Big Ideas for Adaptive Organizations: A Conversation with Jason Little
Jason Little shares six big ideas that can help organizations move away from traditional frameworks and towards more effective, sensemaking approaches. Learn how to enhance your change management strategies and foster a more adaptable and resilient organization.
Giving Context to Change Management – The Living Organization® Approach with Norman Wolfe
Norman Wolfe discusses embracing organizational change with The Living Organization® Approach. Learn effective strategies to reframe contexts and facilitate faster change adoption.
Beyond Change Management to Conscious Change Leadership: Uplevel Your Change Capability with Dr. Linda Ackerman Anderson
Discover how Conscious Change Leadership can elevate change capabilities, making transformational change more effective and sustainable in this insightful interview with Dr. Linda Ackerman Anderson.
Why Leaders Should Be Focusing on Managing Stability Over Change with Ashley Goodall
Leadership expert Ashley Goodall explores why focusing on managing organizational change with stability is crucial. Discover practical insights on balancing change and stability to enhance employee well-being and organizational success.
Leaders are Humans First, Leaders Second with Edwina Pike
Explore the essential role of "leadership in change management" with change expert Edwina Pike. Discover practical strategies and insights on how effective leadership can drive organizational change and enhance the human elements crucial for successful transformation.
How AI Coaching Facilitates Change Management: The PandatronAI Story
Delve into the transformative power of AI coaching in change management with Dima Syrotkin. Learn how PandatronAI leverages AI to enhance organizational change, making coaching more scalable and effective.
Presence In An Age Of Distraction with Mike Lee
Guest expert Mike Lee explore the correlation between mindfulness, peak performance, and leadership and provides practical insights for change management professionals to thrive amidst distractions and foster engagement in their organization.
Building the Core Competencies of Change in Organizations with Sandra L. Stewart
Guest Sandra L. Stewart reveals how coaching can build core competencies of change in organizations.
The Hidden Dangers of Focusing Excessively on Operational Efficiency with Filippo Passerini
Filippo Passerini reveals why when innovating business processes you should not overlook customer experience and the consequences of doing so.
Secrets to a Thriving Team and Culture for Change Management Professionals with Julien Mirivel
Julien Mirivel, Ph.D. shares how you can quickly up your leadership game with a simple, but often overlooked skill: communication.
Emotional Intelligence v. Artificial Intelligence: How Change Management Professionals Can Future Proof Themselves with Robin Hill
Robin Hill discusses how Emotional Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence work together (or against each other) in organizations and the importance of future proofing yourself as a Change Management professional and leader.
Culture & Transformation: How to Use Change Management Principles to Bring the People Along the Journey with Miriam Dicks
Miriam Dicks shares how to use change management principles to bring the people in your organization and teams with you during cultural and operational changes.
General Management is Dead: How Expert Leaders Can Advance Their Career with Dr. Wanda Wallace
Dr. Wanda Wallace explains how to step out of your comfort zone and become an effective leader in today’s business world.
Be the Unicorn: 12 Data-Driven Habits that Separate the Best Leaders from the Rest with William Vanderbloemen
William Vanderbloemen reveals the 12 teachable traits which he finds all unicorns have in common.
Build Your Model For Leading Change with Marsha Acker
With Build Your Model for Leading Change, Marsha Acker invites you to take an exceptional journey of personal growth that will have a direct impact on your ability to successfully lead others.
The Sound of the Future with Tobias Dengel
Explore the future of voice technology.
Transformational Leadership: The Connection Between Leaders and Organizational Change with Aneace Haddad
Explore the delicate balance between control and empowerment in leadership and the significance of vulnerability.
Workplace Wisdom: How to Resolve Interpersonal Conflicts in the Workplace, with Liz Kislik
Liz Kislik discusses workplace conflict resolution.
Fostering a Positive Environment with Jennifer Krippner
Jennifer Krippner discusses how to help healthcare leaders build trust, respect, and compassion with team members.
Leaving Normal with Dr. Keera Godfrey
Dr. Keera Godfrey discusses learning how to change direction beyond your comfort zone in pursuit of your goals and passion.
Learning to Manage Personal Change with SCARED SO WHAT with Dr. Grant Van Ulbrich
Dr. Grant Van Ulbrich talks about the importance of personal change and how we all can learn to manage it for ourselves and within our practice as leaders, coaches, and change makers.
Coaching People through Organizational Change, With Amy Tarrant and Sue Noble
Sue Noble and Amy Tarrant connected at a Change Management Institute event in 2018, quickly realizing the extent to which their skillset overlapped and the significant benefit there would be in blending these skill sets to deliver successful, long-term change. Amy subsequently invited Sue to talk at one of the Change Management Institute’s events. This led to many conversations on the synergy bet
How Deeply Are You Listening? with Oscar Trimboli
Oscar Trimboli defines listening as “the willingness to have your mind changed.” Through his decades of study, Oscar has identified five levels of listening. Each of these levels takes the listener – and the speaker – deeper into the conversation.
In this podcast, Oscar and Managing Editor Brian Gorman dive into what it takes to be an explorer of deep listening, including the following.
The im
Wisdom Shared with Beth Banks Cohn
Both guest Beth Banks Cohn and Managing Editor Brian Gorman have spent decades in the field of organizational change management. In this podcast they explore some of the many lessons that Beth has learned over the years that she wants to pass on the today’s change professionals.
Tune in and hear Beth's answers to questions such as:
Why do you find it important to pass on your approach to chang
Culture, Uncertainty, and Ambiguity; How to Lead and Manage Change Within That Context, With Paula Cizek
Culture is your company's best competitive advantage. Competitors can copy ideas and steal people; customer demands and markets can change in an instant. How well your teams work together, and how well your bonds hold in the face of change, will determine your success. When you eliminate dysfunction between leadership and employees, you end up increasing engagement and reducing turnover.
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Why It Is So Hard to Change Behaviour and How to Solve the Challenge, With Lindsey Agness
Changing an organisation’s culture and the behaviours within it is one of the most difficult leadership challenges. Lindsey Agness and Theresa Moulton will explore why it is such a challenge and how to take practical steps to shift behaviour. This podcast will deliver practical ideas and tips for behaviour change.
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What is organisation c
Why You Find Them Irritating and What to Do About It
There is no question about it. Generational differences exist and often lead to friction, disagreement, conflict, disengagement, turnover, and project failure. As change practitioners and leaders, it is important to understand How to navigate these differences successfully. Chris De Santis, author of Why I Find You Irritating, joins Management Editor Brian Gorman to explore the roots of today’s in
Culture Isn’t an Afterthought, With Will Scott
Early change management methodologies focused heavily on culture. As the profession has grown and matured, other aspects of organizational change have tended to take center stage, with less, if any focus remaining on culture. In his book The Culture Fix, Will Scott makes the case that culture does, in fact belong front and center and the organizational leadership should be maintaining a focus on c
Stop Managing and Start Leading, With Hamza Kahn
Hamza Kahn began his 2015 TEDx talk, Stop Managing, Start Leading, by telling his audience that there are three things about him that they should know: he was born in 1987 (28 years old), he loves hip hop, and he is a horrible boss. Through his own experiences, as well as the wisdom of long-time thought-leaders such as Peter Drucker and Douglas McGregor, Hamza then goes on to share with the audien
The Heart of Transformation, With Michael J. Leckie
In The Heart of Transformation: Build the Human Capabilities That Change Organizations for Good, Michael J. Leckie writes, “Throughout this book I will be talking about individual change as the basis for all change.” Michael and Managing Editor Brian Gorman explore the author’s perspective of organizational change as people-centric and how that perspective leads to a fundamentally different approa
The Secret Sauce for Leading Transformational Change, With Ian Ziskin, Jennifer McEwen, and Beth Banks Cohn
“Written by a collaborative, diverse, and inclusive community of contributors and business experts, (The Secret Sauce for Leading Transformational Change) is about leading transformational change on an individual, team, organizational, and societal level.” Author Ian Ziskin is joined by two of the many contributors to this unique book in this podcast with Change Management Review Managing Editor a
Beyond Digital: How Great Leaders Transform Their Organizations and Shape the Future, With Paul Leinwand
In their book Beyond Digital: How Great Leaders Transform Their Organizations and Shape the Future, PwC partners Paul Leinwand and Matt Mani posit that digitization is not enough to be a winner in the future; at best, it will allow you to continue playing. Through their work with global organizations, they have identified seven strategies that are key to gaining and maintaining competitive advanta
Metrics of Change – Measure What Matters with Dana Houston Jackson
Are the metrics of change management the metrics of the change itself? Why can folks have an adverse reaction to being individually measured? What are the Dark Side of KPIs and how do we combat that? Dana will provide the 4-step process to reveal useful and meaningful measures for both change and change management.
Tune in to hear Dana Houston Jackson's answers to questions such as:
What do me
Gatherings that Make Change Stick with Lindsey Caplan
Lindsey Caplan shares with Managing Editor Brian Gorman the ways in which change leaders and practitioners can significantly increase the effectiveness of change-related gatherings (e.g., town halls, launches, offsites). Her approach helps to engage employees more fully in change efforts and to move from a “one-size-fits-all” approach to one that is “made-to-fit-me.”
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Strategies to Manage Stress and Weather Storms in the Workplace, With Robin Hill
Given the turbulence and uncertainty of the future of work, Robin Hills' insights on emotional resilience in business are prescient for change practitioners and change leaders. In this podcast, Managing Editor Brian Gorman and Robin explore the role that emotional resilience plays in our work, the effect of emotion on resilience, and the importance of empathy.
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Digitization and the Future of Change Management with Gavin Wedell
Change management digitization pioneer Gavin Wedell joins Management Editor Brian Gorman to explore the role of digitization in change management. Based on a year of experience in the application of a digital platform for supporting organizational change, Gavin estimates that approximately 17% of a practitioner’s time could be shifted from administrative work (e.g., tracking and reporting) back to
The Being and Doing of Change Leadership with Nancy Murphy
Whether you are a change leader, change practitioner, or a bit of both, Nancy Murphy offers valuable insights on how to be more successful in this podcast with Managing Editor Brian Gorman. Nancy provides insights into historical leadership traits that are no longer serving either leaders or their organizations. She also provides suggestions – some low cost and no cost – that can make a significan
Change Levers: 8 Ways to Achieve Faster, Easier, and Better Results, With Jake Jacobs
How we approach change is dependent on the mindset that we bring to it, and Jake Jacob’s mindset has always been that it can be faster and easier and deliver better results if we think about it in ways that are different from most change management methodologies. Through his decades of providing support and guidance to large-scale change, Jake has identified 8 “change levers” or smart strategic ac
What is Essential for Change Managers and Change Leaders Today?
In this far-ranging discussion, Change Management Review Managing Editor Brian Gorman and Michael Hynes, author of The Myth-Guided Mind, get very practical about the role of change practitioners and change leaders in today’s workplace uncertainty.
Tune in to get Michael Hynes' answers to questions such as:
In The Myth-Guided Mind, you share a significant personal trauma in your life and how th
The Case for A Different Mindset About Change, With Erika Andersen
What if, instead of seeing change as difficult, costly, and “weird” or outside the ordinary, we were to look at it as easy/doable, rewarding, and normal? In this podcast, Proteus International’s founding partner Erika Andersen and Change Management Review Managing Editor Brian Gorman begin by exploring this mindset shift. Erika believes that this should be the mindset for all change. She makes the
Valuable Change, With Brendon Baker
Brendon Baker believes that as a profession, we have over-complicated our approaches to change management. He has taken it upon himself to simplify it and in doing so, to help change leaders drive real value. Brendon and Managing Editor Brian Gorman discuss his approach for doing so
Tune in and get Brendon Baker's answers to questions such as:
The title of your book is Valuable Change: What Yo
Understanding and Applying Paradigms in Organizational Change, With Dr. Keith Merron
Dr. Keith Merron joins Managing Editor Brian Gorman to explore the valuable role that using paradigms as a lens can play both in transformational coaching and transformational change management. As Keith highlights during the conversation, “paradigm” becomes highly complex at the organizational level. Individuals and teams each have their own paradigms. The policies, processes, and procedures that
Measurement, Change Management, and Facing the Future, With Beth Montag-Schmaltz
In this far-ranging conversation, Beth Montag-Schmaltz, Principal and Founder at 71 & Change, joins Managing Editor Brian Gorman to explore the changing practice of change management. The theme of measurement runs through the conversation, from the importance – and an approach – for measuring and tracking initiatives across an enterprise to the role that measurement will play in successfully respo
The Silent Stakeholder, With Tricia Steege
What we don’t know about our employees may be one of the keys to why so many of our change initiatives fail to deliver on their promises. In this episode of the Change Management Review podcast, Managing Editor Brian Gorman discusses the role of trauma in change. Tricia Steege, who has done significant research in this area, identifies trauma as “the silent stakeholder.”
Approximately 25% of adul
Navigating Disruption Part 2 – With David Giersdorf
David Giersdorf knows how to navigate disruption. His decades of C-suite experience in the travel industry have helped him identify six protocols for “navigating your company, career, and life through the fog of disruption.” In Part 2 of this two-part podcast, Managing Editor Brian Gorman and David dive more deeply into some of his protocols as they apply to today’s workplace disruptions.
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Navigating Disruption Part 1 – With David Giersdorf
David Giersdorf knows how to navigate disruption. His decades of C-suite experience in the travel industry have helped him identify six protocols for “navigating your company, career, and life through the fog of disruption.” In Part 1 of this two-part podcast, Managing Editor Brian Gorman explores with David each of these protocols and what it means to today’s organizations, change leaders, and ch
Facilitating Breakthrough, With Adam Kahane
In his forward to Adam Kahane’s book Facilitating Breakthrough, Edgar Schein writes, “The key to this book is the second word in its title: breakthrough. With powerful stories from around the world, Adam Kahane tells us how he and his colleagues have worked with groups, both within organizations and across larger social systems, that are stuck in complexity and conflict. This book provides us with
Organizational Ecology, With Joan Lurie
Joan Lurie, CEO of Orgonomics[1] (Melbourne, Australia) joins Managing Editor Brian Gorman in this exploration of change management through a very different lens. Approaching organizations as ecosystems and sub-systems, Joan describes the key elements of the ecosystem to focus on in order to guide the change to success. She provides examples from her more than two decades client work and illustrat
Curve Benders: A New Perspective on the Role of Change Practitioner and Change Leader, With David Nour
In this podcast, Change Management Review talks with David Nour about the interweave of personal, organizational, and social change, the role of innovation and how to achieve it, and the importance of non-linear growth. Nour discusses the importance of relationships as a key resource for those who are leading and facilitating change as well as nurturing, feeding, and strengthening those relationsh
Reimagining Change Management, With Yvonne Ruke Akpoveta
In this episode of the Change Management Review™ Podcast, Brian Gorman interviews Yvonne Ruke Akpoveta – a continuous learner and teacher in the field with more than two decades of experience as a change management practitioner.
As CEO and Founder of Olive Blue, The Change Leadership, Yvonne works globally with professionals, executives, and organizations to help them successfully lead and drive
The Individual and the System: A Dual Lens on Change Management, With Ochuko Igbeyi
In this episode of the Change Management Review™ Podcast, Brian Gorman interviews Ogheneochuko (Ochuko) Igbeyi – an experienced change leadership advocate in financial services with over 20 years multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural experience in Nigeria, West Africa, and Canada.
He is PMP and Change Management certified with practical experience in product management, process improvement and re
The Important Role of Story in Change Management with Jennifer Roth
In this episode of the Change Management Review™ Podcast, Brian Gorman interviews Jennifer Roth – a senior marketing communications professional with extensive experience developing innovative strategies for informing, guiding, and motivating people.
Her unique blend of creativity and analytics has created value for a wide variety of organizations, from mid-sized local businesses to Fortune 500 c
A New Perspective on the Change Practitioner’s Role, With Caroline Samné
In this episode of the Change Management Review™ Podcast, Brian Gorman interviews Caroline Samné – co-founder of The Pillars, a Montreal-based consulting firm which specializes in organizational culture and transformation, organizational learning, the development of leadership, and talent management. She is a fluently bilingual change architect and leader of change.
Caroline is very passionate ab
Neuroscience and Change Management, with Vijay Chander
In this episode of the Change Management Review™ Podcast, Brian Gorman interviews Vijay Chander – Senior Manager-Change Management Specialist-Innovation, Technology and Shared Services at TD Bank.
Vijay’s education and career have brought him from India to the Philippines to Toronto, Canada, and he has over 19 years of rich broad experience in Program/Project management, Business Transformation,
Change Practitioners in a Changing World, With Meighan (Meg) Newhouse
In this episode of the Change Management Review™ Podcast, Brian Gorman interviews Meighan (Meg) Newhouse – CEO and Co-Founder, Inspirant Group, home of the #Unconsultants who guide clients from inspiration to transformation.
In an era ushering in more digitization and automation, she still believes that humans are any organization’s greatest asset.
After observing many people close to her dread
20 Over 20, With Danyele Harris-Thompson
In this episode of the Change Management Review™ Podcast, Brian Gorman interviews Danyele Harris-Thompson – Change Management and Transformation Services Sr. Leader, AEMEA, at Kao Corporation.
She is an experienced external and internal change strategist, successfully developing and delivering people readiness plans across various industries and sectors, including consumer goods, food processing,
Drive Innovation and Change by Inspiring a Creative Corporate Culture, With Maryam Emami
In this podcast, Change Management Review Editor-In-Chief Theresa Moulton interviews Maryam Emami, Ph.D., MBA – Senior Consultant, Talent and Organization at Infosys Consulting. With extensive OD/OE experience within various teams of executives, leaders and engineers, Dr. Emami is passionate about bridging the gap between business process and human side of client's IT operations using effective co
Change Weariness: Lessons for Lessening Change Fatigue in 2021, With Dana Houston Jackson
In this podcast, Change Management Review Editor-In-Chief Theresa Moulton interviews Dana Houston Jackson, Lead Principal Change Advisor at 1898 & Co., the consulting and technology arm of Burns & McDonnell. She specializes in simplifying the complex and improving adoption and usage in order to achieve full business value. Dana is a straight-shooter, New Thought thinker, rebel leader with a box-po
Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, and Change Management with Sarah Gaeta
In this episode of the Change Management Review™ Podcast, Brian Gorman interviews Sarah Gaeta – Interim Chief Executive Officer of Sage Beacon, and a seasoned professional who has worked with a series of multi-national organizations and positively impacted product portfolios and technological business operations.
Prior to joining Sage Beacon, Sarah Gaeta served multiple leadership roles at TiVo C
The Phoenix Encounter Method: Lead Like Your Business is on Fire, With Sameer Hasija
In this podcast, Change Management Review Editor-In-Chief Theresa Moulton interviews Sameer Hasija, Dean of Executive Education and Professor at INSEAD, which is ranked by the Financial Times as among the world’s top three business schools; and author of The Phoenix Encounter Method: Lead Like Your Business is on Fire (McGraw-Hill; October 27).
Sameer’s teaching focusses on using a process lens t
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