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3.SPECIFIC TOOLS
3.1. The Change-Formula - a simple model of change
Systemic consulting practice has produced a number of tools for structuring
change processes. In our work, a very simple model has proven to be of great
use in strategizing: The Change Formula.
Figure 3: The Change-Formula
The Change-Formula57 helps structure a process of strategy development in
a very effective way. It provides a clear direction and purpose, a clear frame
for the process and sufficient flexibility for creative thinking. Along these
steps, energy can be mobilized in order to overcome challenges and resistance
to change.58 It can be used in a variety of settings that are of relevance to
NPMs, from designing a follow-up strategy regarding NPM recommendations
to elaborating capacity-building measures.
D - Driver: This is about the why of change? Is there a “sense of
urgency”,59 because the problem is of a pressing nature or because
57. See Oliver Schrader and Lothar Wenzl, Die Spielregeln der Führung (Schäffer-Poeschl Verlag 2015), 153
et seq.
58. Steven Cady and others, ‘The Change Formula: Myth, Legend, or Lore?’ (2014) 46(3) Organizational
Development Practitioner, 32–39 [hereinafter: Cady and others].
59.John P. Kotter, Accelerate (Harvard Business Review Press 2014) 27.
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