Why Readiness Matters Most strategies don’t fail because the ideas are weak. They fail because people aren’t ready to deliver. Hope, motivation, and good intentions are not enough. What separates organisations that thrive from those that stall is their readiness—the embedded capability to adapt, solve problems, and deliver under pressure. At The Change Gym®, we’ve…
Most healthcare organisations don’t fail because they lack strategy. They stumble because they weren’t ready to succeed. In high‑pressure environments like clinics, hospitals, and community health services, readiness isn’t a luxury—it’s the foundation for safe, effective change. Why Readiness Matters in Healthcare Healthcare teams face relentless demands: new technologies, compliance requirements, workforce shortages, and shifting…
Introduction Change is never simple. Some organisations embrace it, others resist it, and many sit somewhere in between. Readiness for change is not a switch that flips—it’s a continuum. Understanding where people and organisations sit on that continuum is the first step to building resilience and adaptability. Knowledge: The Foundation of Readiness At its core,…
Staff resistance to change is one of the most persistent challenges in healthcare transformation — but change readiness offers a practical, evidence-based way forward. By building adaptive capacity and addressing the psychological roots of resistance, healthcare organisations can move from friction to flow, even in complex environments. In healthcare, change is not optional. Whether it’s…
Introduction Most organisations talk about “managing change.” Fewer talk about fitness for change—the deeper capability that determines whether people can adapt, sustain, and grow through disruption. Change fitness is not about tools, templates, or project plans. It is about people—their beliefs, their thinking, and their capacity to learn new ways of engaging with complexity. Two…
When Reflection Isn’t Enough In leadership development, reflection is often framed as the cornerstone of growth. Leaders are encouraged to “look inward,” “self-assess,” and “become more self-aware.” But what if there are limits to what a system—any system—can perceive about itself? This question isn’t just philosophical. It’s grounded in Kurt Gödel’s Second Incompleteness Theorem, which…
From Better Ideas to Better Execution — A System for Strategic Readiness In a world of accelerating complexity, leaders are told to be agile, resilient, and innovative. But few are given a repeatable system for how to think, decide, and adapt in real time. That’s why I developed the Adaptive Intelligence Cycle™ — a philosophically…
In a world where disruption is the norm, leaders are drowning in ideas. Some are brilliant, some are flawed, and many are untested. The challenge isn’t just finding the truth — it’s knowing which truths will actually help you adapt, survive, and thrive. That’s where three powerful lenses meet: Karl Popper’s falsifiability — the gold…
Mastering yourself is the first step in leading others through change It starts closer to home than you think Change leadership doesn’t begin with a strategy deck or a stakeholder map. It starts inside the leader. Before you can guide others through uncertainty, you need to understand how you respond to it yourself. That’s not…
Change isn’t a single event to “manage.” It’s a capability you can build. The engine we use is Change Fitness — a trainable psychological capacity that lets leaders and teams adapt repeatedly without burning out. Around that engine sit proven theories that reinforce specific parts of the capability. This article shows how those pieces fit…