Change Management...

“In a recession?! Are you crazy!?”

Well, to be honest, that’s probably what a lot of our clients would be thinking right now. Or would be, if they even had the luxury of thinking about anything other than the wafer-thin order book for the coming quarter, crashing stock prices, liquidity akin to quick-dry cement, or just how many people they need to lay off this month.

So what role, if any, does Change Management have to play in a business environment such as we are experiencing now? And when (before lunchtime, hopefully) we’ve answered that question, there’s a broader issue to explore: Just how does the business environment – we’re talking not only economical, but also political, social, technological and ecological – affect the practice of Change Management?

This is the theme that will be explored at the 4th Annual Global Gathering of the Change Facilitation Associate Network (CFAN). The gathering will be held this year from April 21st to 23rd 2009 at the TÜBİTAK Turkish Institute For Industrial Management (TÜSSIDE), located in Gebze, 60km south of Istanbul.