Viable Transformation

There are many frameworks and methodologies specifically focused on Change Management: Prosci ADKAR, Accelerating Implementation Methodology (AIM), John Kotter’s Leading Change, etc. They all, in one way or another, provide descriptions and guides on what the change management is and what the major steps to effectively manage a change are. They all have contributed considerably to increase the general awareness of Change Management.

While there is now little ambiguity on What Change Management is, identifying the answers to ‘HOW TO‘ questions has proven to be challenging, regardless of the methodology.

Incorporating our understanding of Cybernetics and the Viable System Model, we have developed a Viable Transformation™ Body of Knowledge to provide sustainable and viable solutions.

The body of knowledge embodies two major areas:

Transforming Behaviour
Transforming Organizations

Understand the dynamics and complexities of behaviour change
Design effective tactics and interventions to transform behaviour
Ensure enduring and long-lasting results

Transforming Behaviour

Dynamics of Human Behaviour
The Dynamics of Conflict and/or Dispute
Psychology of Resistance
Complexities of Behaviour Change
Requirements of Change Interventions
Dynamics of Learning and Sense-Making

Understand the dynamics of organizational structures and corporate cultures
Transform business processes and the organization
Design for viability and sustainable success

Transforming Organizations

Required Components for a Viable System
Lean Management and Lean Business Processes
Agile Structures and Agile Processes
Dynamics of Groups and Teams
Culture of Six Sigma and Continuous Improvement
Business Process Redesign

Our Thoughts on Viable Transformation

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Conflict Management
Cybernetics
Organization Design
Viable System
Definitions

Basic Notions - Disturbance

Basic Notions – Disturbance or Perturbation

Basic Notions – Disturbance or Perturbation Adding to the complexity of the example depicted above, should forces change their directions or magnitudes in a way that the total sum is Read More

Basic Notions - Variety

Basic Notions – Variety and the Law of Requisite Variety

Basic Notions – Variety and the Law of Requisite Variety To control—or manage[1]— anything, there is a need for something to measure it with; so as to control complexity, we Read More

Basic Notions - Feedback Loops

Basic Notions – Feedback Loops

Basic Notions – Feedback Loops For any control to happen, the system needs to have some sort of a sensor to detect, encode, and feed information from the environment or Read More

Basic Notions - Control

Basic Notions – Control

Basic Notions – Control Stafford Beer asserts that “control is an attribute of a system”[1], whereby identifying a system to be “in control” means that “it is ultra-stable: capable of Read More

Basic Notions - Equilibrium

Basic Notions – Equilibrium

Basic Notions – Equilibrium Tapping into physics and Newton’s first law of motion, we know that “an object at rest will stay at rest, and an object in motion will Read More

Basic Notions - Cybernetics

Basic Notions – Cybernetics

Basic Notions – Cybernetics The distinguished mathematician Norbert Wiener[1] coined the word Cybernetics from Greek κυβερνητική (kybernētikḗ), from Latin gubernātor, meaning helmsperson, steersperson, or pilot, as steering a boat, the Read More