-32 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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