Change Leadership Conversations

In this episode, Yvonne Ruke Akpoveta sits down with K. Brian Dorval and Samantha Stead from Better Change Tools to explore why adaptive change leadership begins with understanding people. Together, they discuss how different thinking preferences shape communication, decision-making, collaboration, and responses to change. They also share practical insights into why self-awareness is one of the most important leadership capabilities in today's rapidly changing world, and how leaders can build g

What if the job of a change leader was never to drive change? In this conversation from the Change Leadership Conference, Yvonne Ruke Akpoveta challenges traditional approaches to leading change and explores why building organizational buy-in isn't about better communication or managing resistance. It's about creating the conditions where people discover, own, and lead change themselves. In this episode, you'll learn: Why organizations often ask for buy-in too late How to move from telling p

In this episode, I sit with Dr. Akolisa Ufodike to explore what it really takes to lead change across very different systems. From boardrooms and corporate leadership to government, education, and public service, change does not behave the same way everywhere. So what happens when leaders try to apply one approach across all of them? Dr. Ufodike shares insights from a career spanning CFO and COO roles, academia, entrepreneurship, and serving as Deputy Minister in Alberta. Together, we explor

In this episode, we discuss systems thinking, chaos theory, and the complexity of leading change. Traditional change management assumes a level of predictability that simply does not exist in many modern organizations. In this conversation, Rick Nason breaks down why leaders often struggle when they apply structured, linear thinking to environments that are fundamentally complex, adaptive, and unpredictable. Using systems thinking and chaos theory, Rick explains the difference between s

In today’s episode of Change Leadership Conversations, we bring you a practical panel discussion recorded live at the Change Leadership Conference on a challenge many change managers know well: how do you get to yes for change management? I’m joined by Silvia Fraser, Blake Bell and Esther Akinrinlola for a rich conversation on building organizational buy-in, showing value early, and embedding change capability across the organization. This episode explores what it takes to move change manageme

In today’s episode of Change Leadership Conversations, we bring you a powerful panel discussion recorded live at the Change Leadership Conference on the future of change management. I’m joined by Manisha Paliwal, Jason Little, Myles Bartlett, and Rich Batchelor for a rich and thought-provoking conversation on how the role of change leaders is evolving in today’s fast-changing world. From AI and adaptive organizations to coaching, curiosity, and change enablement, this discussion explores what