Day: 10 October 2026

When pressure rises — a funding cut, a failed inspection, a sudden shift in demand — leaders tend to tighten control. Decisions move upwards, plans become more detailed and tolerance for uncertainty drops. Yet the problems that create the pressure are often adaptive: they have no ready-made answer and require people across the organisation to…

Most organisations measure change after the fact: adoption rates, benefits realised, budget spent. By then it is too late to influence the outcome. An organisational change readiness assessment does the opposite. It looks at the conditions inside the organisation before and during change, so leaders can see whether the ground is prepared. This article sets…

Local councils are rarely short of change. Service redesigns, digital transformation, budget savings programmes, restructures and new statutory duties often arrive at the same time, and they all land on the same teams. Each initiative may be sensible on its own. Together, they can create change fatigue — a state in which people are no…