Rich Batchelor
@richbatchelor.bsky.social
Speaker - Facilitator - Educator - Advocate - Rebel
I do change stuff reasonably well.
#changemanagement #changeleadership #orgdesign #VUCA #changeagents
I do change stuff reasonably well.
#changemanagement #changeleadership #orgdesign #VUCA #changeagents
Sometimes you can't change people, and the only option is to change the people - hard but mayneed to be within your #changestrategy
#ThursdayThoughts #ChangeManagement #ChangeLeadership #ToughChoices
cute cat picture to avoid anything triggering!
#ThursdayThoughts #ChangeManagement #ChangeLeadership #ToughChoices
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October 16, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Sometimes you can't change people, and the only option is to change the people - hard but mayneed to be within your #changestrategy
#ThursdayThoughts #ChangeManagement #ChangeLeadership #ToughChoices
cute cat picture to avoid anything triggering!
#ThursdayThoughts #ChangeManagement #ChangeLeadership #ToughChoices
cute cat picture to avoid anything triggering!
Before you speak, think what you want the audience to hear.
Focus on what you will say, can bias the message because of your familiarity with its content.
#ThursdayThoughts #Change #Communications #SelfAwareness #AudienceListening
Focus on what you will say, can bias the message because of your familiarity with its content.
#ThursdayThoughts #Change #Communications #SelfAwareness #AudienceListening
October 2, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Before you speak, think what you want the audience to hear.
Focus on what you will say, can bias the message because of your familiarity with its content.
#ThursdayThoughts #Change #Communications #SelfAwareness #AudienceListening
Focus on what you will say, can bias the message because of your familiarity with its content.
#ThursdayThoughts #Change #Communications #SelfAwareness #AudienceListening
Knowledge is not enough. Lack of time & resources creates a stressed out expectation on change folks.
If you confuse #ChangeCapability with #ChangeCapacity you get #ChangeFatigue #ChangeOverload and they mean even less people to do the change!
#ThursdayThoughts #ChangeManagement #ChangeLeadership
If you confuse #ChangeCapability with #ChangeCapacity you get #ChangeFatigue #ChangeOverload and they mean even less people to do the change!
#ThursdayThoughts #ChangeManagement #ChangeLeadership
August 7, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Knowledge is not enough. Lack of time & resources creates a stressed out expectation on change folks.
If you confuse #ChangeCapability with #ChangeCapacity you get #ChangeFatigue #ChangeOverload and they mean even less people to do the change!
#ThursdayThoughts #ChangeManagement #ChangeLeadership
If you confuse #ChangeCapability with #ChangeCapacity you get #ChangeFatigue #ChangeOverload and they mean even less people to do the change!
#ThursdayThoughts #ChangeManagement #ChangeLeadership
#stakeholder needs replacing
Its colonial connotations are uncomfortable
A person driving a stake into the Indigenous territories they are occupying/stealing
Is it disrespectful of Indigenous people? Perpetuating colonization?
Its embedded in #changemanagement
Share your #thursdaythoughts
Its colonial connotations are uncomfortable
A person driving a stake into the Indigenous territories they are occupying/stealing
Is it disrespectful of Indigenous people? Perpetuating colonization?
Its embedded in #changemanagement
Share your #thursdaythoughts
July 17, 2025 at 8:50 PM
#stakeholder needs replacing
Its colonial connotations are uncomfortable
A person driving a stake into the Indigenous territories they are occupying/stealing
Is it disrespectful of Indigenous people? Perpetuating colonization?
Its embedded in #changemanagement
Share your #thursdaythoughts
Its colonial connotations are uncomfortable
A person driving a stake into the Indigenous territories they are occupying/stealing
Is it disrespectful of Indigenous people? Perpetuating colonization?
Its embedded in #changemanagement
Share your #thursdaythoughts
"Can you make them happy about something they aren't happy about" - my first #changemanagement directive in a time before the profession!
What was your first #change ask?
#thursdaythoughts
What was your first #change ask?
#thursdaythoughts
June 19, 2025 at 4:43 PM
"Can you make them happy about something they aren't happy about" - my first #changemanagement directive in a time before the profession!
What was your first #change ask?
#thursdaythoughts
What was your first #change ask?
#thursdaythoughts
We spend so much time #doing, #delivering & #actioning that we never take time to be #curious, #reflect & #create.
Time out is more than #selfcare its #space to #discover #opportunities.
#thursdaythoughts #changemanagement #resilience #changeleadership
Time out is more than #selfcare its #space to #discover #opportunities.
#thursdaythoughts #changemanagement #resilience #changeleadership
June 5, 2025 at 2:13 PM
We spend so much time #doing, #delivering & #actioning that we never take time to be #curious, #reflect & #create.
Time out is more than #selfcare its #space to #discover #opportunities.
#thursdaythoughts #changemanagement #resilience #changeleadership
Time out is more than #selfcare its #space to #discover #opportunities.
#thursdaythoughts #changemanagement #resilience #changeleadership
"Learning never exhausts the mind." - Leonardo da Vinci
#keeplearning #changelearning #change #changemanagement #changeleadership
#thursdaythoughts
#keeplearning #changelearning #change #changemanagement #changeleadership
#thursdaythoughts
April 24, 2025 at 12:12 PM
"Learning never exhausts the mind." - Leonardo da Vinci
#keeplearning #changelearning #change #changemanagement #changeleadership
#thursdaythoughts
#keeplearning #changelearning #change #changemanagement #changeleadership
#thursdaythoughts
#leaders, remember that the change you spent 4 months constructing? It will be totally new to your people on first share! #bekind, don't expect acceptance with that first message!
#thursdaythoughts
#changemanagement #changeadership #changeenablement #differentlensesofchange
#thursdaythoughts
#changemanagement #changeadership #changeenablement #differentlensesofchange
April 10, 2025 at 1:37 PM
#leaders, remember that the change you spent 4 months constructing? It will be totally new to your people on first share! #bekind, don't expect acceptance with that first message!
#thursdaythoughts
#changemanagement #changeadership #changeenablement #differentlensesofchange
#thursdaythoughts
#changemanagement #changeadership #changeenablement #differentlensesofchange
Be #curious never stop asking #questions. #changes need #challenges to find the best fit!
#thursdaythoughts
#changemanagement #changeleadership #changeenablement
#thursdaythoughts
#changemanagement #changeleadership #changeenablement
April 3, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Be #curious never stop asking #questions. #changes need #challenges to find the best fit!
#thursdaythoughts
#changemanagement #changeleadership #changeenablement
#thursdaythoughts
#changemanagement #changeleadership #changeenablement
Lean into the discomfort & embrace the learning when approaching new & different. Be curious & discover the depth of your feelings. Work with it, not against it.
#thursdaythoughts
#challengingchange #emotionalchange #leanintodiscomfort
#thursdaythoughts
#challengingchange #emotionalchange #leanintodiscomfort
March 27, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Lean into the discomfort & embrace the learning when approaching new & different. Be curious & discover the depth of your feelings. Work with it, not against it.
#thursdaythoughts
#challengingchange #emotionalchange #leanintodiscomfort
#thursdaythoughts
#challengingchange #emotionalchange #leanintodiscomfort
don't confuse #changecapability and #changecapacity.
#capability is #knowledge & #tools
#capacity is #time & #volume
#thursdaythoughts
#capability is #knowledge & #tools
#capacity is #time & #volume
#thursdaythoughts
March 6, 2025 at 2:02 PM
don't confuse #changecapability and #changecapacity.
#capability is #knowledge & #tools
#capacity is #time & #volume
#thursdaythoughts
#capability is #knowledge & #tools
#capacity is #time & #volume
#thursdaythoughts
#Curiosity is not #resistance
Asking questions to understand more about a change doesn't make a person resistant to it.
#thursdaythoughts
#changemanagement #changeleadership
Asking questions to understand more about a change doesn't make a person resistant to it.
#thursdaythoughts
#changemanagement #changeleadership
February 20, 2025 at 1:02 PM
#Curiosity is not #resistance
Asking questions to understand more about a change doesn't make a person resistant to it.
#thursdaythoughts
#changemanagement #changeleadership
Asking questions to understand more about a change doesn't make a person resistant to it.
#thursdaythoughts
#changemanagement #changeleadership
#thursdaythoughts
When we focus on managing people's experience of change it stops us from wasting efforts battling with things we cannot control. Keep to the variables within your influence to achieve successful change adoption.
#changemanagement #changeleadership #changefacilitation #coolcatpic
When we focus on managing people's experience of change it stops us from wasting efforts battling with things we cannot control. Keep to the variables within your influence to achieve successful change adoption.
#changemanagement #changeleadership #changefacilitation #coolcatpic
February 14, 2025 at 2:38 AM
#thursdaythoughts
When we focus on managing people's experience of change it stops us from wasting efforts battling with things we cannot control. Keep to the variables within your influence to achieve successful change adoption.
#changemanagement #changeleadership #changefacilitation #coolcatpic
When we focus on managing people's experience of change it stops us from wasting efforts battling with things we cannot control. Keep to the variables within your influence to achieve successful change adoption.
#changemanagement #changeleadership #changefacilitation #coolcatpic
#Thursdaythoughts
#change done to people will always get push back. #change with people is far more successful.
#connect #cocreate #collaborate #changemanagement #changeleadership
#change done to people will always get push back. #change with people is far more successful.
#connect #cocreate #collaborate #changemanagement #changeleadership
January 9, 2025 at 3:26 PM
#Thursdaythoughts
#change done to people will always get push back. #change with people is far more successful.
#connect #cocreate #collaborate #changemanagement #changeleadership
#change done to people will always get push back. #change with people is far more successful.
#connect #cocreate #collaborate #changemanagement #changeleadership
#thursdaythoughts
Embracing the human connection of #change connects people to it and sparks their desire to see it succeed.
#changemanagement #changeleadership #changeagents #orgdev #humanconnection
Embracing the human connection of #change connects people to it and sparks their desire to see it succeed.
#changemanagement #changeleadership #changeagents #orgdev #humanconnection
December 19, 2024 at 8:41 PM
#thursdaythoughts
Embracing the human connection of #change connects people to it and sparks their desire to see it succeed.
#changemanagement #changeleadership #changeagents #orgdev #humanconnection
Embracing the human connection of #change connects people to it and sparks their desire to see it succeed.
#changemanagement #changeleadership #changeagents #orgdev #humanconnection
#thursdaythoughts
My very 1st #change initiative asked
"make people happy about something they are going to be unhappy about"
to this day I frequently reflect, my change work reduces unhappiness in the world. How #rewarding is that?
#Changemanagement #changeleadership #values #impact #relevance
My very 1st #change initiative asked
"make people happy about something they are going to be unhappy about"
to this day I frequently reflect, my change work reduces unhappiness in the world. How #rewarding is that?
#Changemanagement #changeleadership #values #impact #relevance
December 5, 2024 at 5:56 PM
#thursdaythoughts
My very 1st #change initiative asked
"make people happy about something they are going to be unhappy about"
to this day I frequently reflect, my change work reduces unhappiness in the world. How #rewarding is that?
#Changemanagement #changeleadership #values #impact #relevance
My very 1st #change initiative asked
"make people happy about something they are going to be unhappy about"
to this day I frequently reflect, my change work reduces unhappiness in the world. How #rewarding is that?
#Changemanagement #changeleadership #values #impact #relevance
#thursdaythoughts
People who ask questions about a change are not
#resisting, they probably just want to know more information.
#reactions and #responses are not
#resistance
Embrace #curiosity
People who ask questions about a change are not
#resisting, they probably just want to know more information.
#reactions and #responses are not
#resistance
Embrace #curiosity
November 28, 2024 at 1:34 PM
#thursdaythoughts
People who ask questions about a change are not
#resisting, they probably just want to know more information.
#reactions and #responses are not
#resistance
Embrace #curiosity
People who ask questions about a change are not
#resisting, they probably just want to know more information.
#reactions and #responses are not
#resistance
Embrace #curiosity
#thursdaythoughts
What's the difference? #Change #Models, #Frameworks & #Methodologies
1️⃣ models provide high level overview...think Bridges
2️⃣ frameworks give a guide to the change journey...think McKinsey 7S
3️⃣ methodologies detail how to do activities...think Prosci
#changemanagement #ACMP #CCMP
What's the difference? #Change #Models, #Frameworks & #Methodologies
1️⃣ models provide high level overview...think Bridges
2️⃣ frameworks give a guide to the change journey...think McKinsey 7S
3️⃣ methodologies detail how to do activities...think Prosci
#changemanagement #ACMP #CCMP
November 21, 2024 at 12:55 PM
#thursdaythoughts
What's the difference? #Change #Models, #Frameworks & #Methodologies
1️⃣ models provide high level overview...think Bridges
2️⃣ frameworks give a guide to the change journey...think McKinsey 7S
3️⃣ methodologies detail how to do activities...think Prosci
#changemanagement #ACMP #CCMP
What's the difference? #Change #Models, #Frameworks & #Methodologies
1️⃣ models provide high level overview...think Bridges
2️⃣ frameworks give a guide to the change journey...think McKinsey 7S
3️⃣ methodologies detail how to do activities...think Prosci
#changemanagement #ACMP #CCMP