Change Management: Building Change-Ready Organizations in an Evolving World

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Change Management: Building Change-Ready Organizations in an Evolving World

07 July 2025 / Article

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Unpredictable changes—from shifting policies and regulations to evolving work paradigms and emerging technologies—highlight the urgent need for organizations to adapt and implement transformative change more rapidly and effectively, a challenge addressed in this first report of a two-part series through strategic recommendations for building change-ready organizations.

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Part 1: Change Management: Building Change-Ready Organizations in an Evolving World addresses the urgent need for organizations to adapt and implement transformative change more rapidly and effectively.
Part 2: Change Management: Key Practices for Successful Adoption explores key practices that enable successful change adoption.

Authors

Erka Amursi

Principal Researcher, Human Capital
The Conference Board

Robin Erickson, PhD

Robin Erickson, PhD

Head of Human Capital Research
The Conference Board

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