Week 33, year 2013
- Switch - How to Change Things When Change Is Hard - As I wrote earlier, I want to post some quotes and a mini-review of the books I read. “Switch” compares humans in change processes to Rider (our logical side), riding an Elephant (our emotional side) down a Path (the environment). By directing the Rider, motivating the Elephant, and shaping the Path, you can change yourself, a team, an organization, or even society. As with all frameworks, it’s limited (which the authors admit upfront). However, as a consultant who’s made it his professional ambition to help teams and organizations build better software, I definitely found a lot of useful advise. If nothing else, the book will help me see which areas of a change process I haven’t paid sufficient attention to. [Mathias Verraes]