Perspectives of Change

Sarika Kharbanda•perspectivesofchange.com

Sometimes we forget that our perspective as change agents is just one of many. Perspectives of Change show is dedicated to exploring how to nudge change forward by understanding and valuing multiple perspectives.

This show is hosted by Sarika Kharbanda. We explore lean, agile, change management, business agility topics from a variety of perspectives.

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#11 - Brains and Ears

There are more change frameworks out there than you can shake a stick at. We all have our favourites, but how necessary are they? We know change is hard, and we know the debates about why change fails have been circular over the last decade or perhaps longer. Yet here we are, inventing, and reinventing more frameworks, best practices, and standards in the hopes that will fix what isn’t working.What if we relied on our brains and ears instead of boxes on a PowerPoint? This week’s podcast features...

Feb 06, 2017•34 min

#10 - How Organizational Change Mimics Social Movements

In 2001, the Agile Manifesto was created and along with it, a movement for a better way to build software. Since then over 40 methods, tools, frameworks and more have been created as the software world learned that 4 values and 12 principles alone were not enough.16 years later, and some feel that we need to take Agile back from the bureaucratic organizations. For every movement, there is a counter-movement and this week’s podcast features Ryan Lockard of Agile Uprising. Our topics include:- how...

Jan 19, 2017•41 min

#8 - Letting Go of Control

I was fortunate to be interviewed by Ro Gorrell and Charlotte Mawle for their upcoming Change Ignition podcast. In this episode we talk about simple solutions for integrating change management and agile teams, as well as how letting go as a change agent helps you keep your sanity, and helps people realize you’re there to help, not to push change on them. Subscribe to YouTube channel

Nov 24, 2016•47 min

#7 - The Happy Melly Ecosystem with Elizabeth Plouffe

I was recently interviewed by Elizabeth Plouffe on her Across the Desk podcast. This is a re-broadcast of her podcast!In this episode we talk about the Happy Melly ecosystem is helping people understand the importance of workplace happiness, how we can focus on understanding what in our system is affected when we want to introduce change and more!We also talk about the upcoming Happy Melly Exploration Day which is the first in-person Happy Melly event worldwide!The Lean Change Management podcast...

Oct 12, 2016•30 min

#6 - Are Centralized Change Teams a Good Idea?

Topics I explore with Ty Crockett:- experiences working with centralized Agile transformation teams- is the ‘guiding coalition’ an outdated concept?- what alternatives exist?- how has Kotter’s 2nd step been mis-interpreted Subscribe to YouTube channel

Mar 07, 2016•38 min

#4 - The Great Organizational Culture Debate

In this episode, Eric Lynn, founder of Culture Q’s, and I discuss culture, including whether or not you can measure it and why the approach some companies take is the wrong way to do it.This episode was recorded at #DareFest in Belgium so I apologize for the audio as I didn’t have my studio mic with me!If you’re interested in being part of the followup conversation, contact me! Subscribe to YouTube channel

Oct 24, 2015•30 min

#3 - Pop Psychology, Agile + OD and Organizational Coaching

This week’s episode features a few people from Canada, the US and Australia. Our topic, debating the arguments from Episode 1 with Paul Gibbons. Is pop psychology all that bad or is it necessary for more people to have surface knowledge as opposed to deep knowledge of these change models?We also talked about organizational coaching and how agile and OD intersect. Subscribe to YouTube channel

Sep 17, 2015•36 min

#2 - Solving Problems With The Hot Seat

This episode features Salah Elleithy, Agile Coach, Trainer and founder of Spark Agility. Salah joined an open session with me at Agile 2015 where myself and a few other people tried out a technique called The Hot Seat.Salah recently tried this out with a client and in this episode we chat about why he wanted to try it, how he did it and what happened. Subscribe to YouTube channel

Sep 03, 2015•20 min

#1 - Agile and Organizational Change with Paul Gibbons

In this first Lean Change Management podcast, author Paul Gibbons unpacks critical topics in organizational change. He challenges the reliance on "pop psychology" models and the misleading 70% change failure statistic, advocating for more rigorous, nuanced approaches. The discussion also explores the evolution of the Agile community and the crucial lessons it can glean from organizational development, particularly the importance of early, broad involvement in change processes rather than top-down mandates.

Aug 20, 2015•27 min

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