ChangeStories

In this episode, Susanne talks to Steve Hearsum about his book, No Silver Bullet, and the unconscious patterns of shame and anxiety that drive leaders to seek a quick fix for complex problems. Also, we discuss how consultants are very willing to collude with these unconscious behaviours. We also talk about how to build change capability in organisations and challenge our own thinking as consultants, recognising how uncomfortable this can feel at times. The ChangeStories podcast is for people who are interested in change, whether that is within organisations or for individuals. ‌ Hosted by Susanne Evans, an organisation change consultant, coach, trainer and researcher, each podcast episode features a conversation with a guest about their work to provide ideas and inspiration. ‌ To find out more about ChangeStories and Susanne’s work, go to www.feldsparconsulting.com or follow her on Twitter or Instagram (@feldsparconsult). Susanne is on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/susanneevans and her email address is susanne@feldsparconsulting.com ‌ Alternatively, you can sign up for the monthly newsletter The Change Conversation by clicking this link - The Change Conversation Steve can be found here: linkedin.com/in/stevehearsum https://www.edgeandstretch.com/

In this episode, Susanne talks to Jennie Holyoake from Wellbalanced about how she uses numbers and data to tell the story of a business. As well as sharing her own career story, we talk about the different activities involved in data storytelling and how she uses them with her clients. Jennie also discusses the key aspects of financial data that all small business owners need to be familiar with in order to grow their businesses and achieve their goals. The ChangeStories podcast is for people who are interested in change, whether that is within organisations or for individuals. Hosted by Susanne Evans, an organisation change consultant, coach, trainer and researcher, each podcast episode features a conversation with a guest about their work to provide ideas and inspiration. To find out more about ChangeStories and Susanne’s work, go to www.feldsparconsulting.com or follow her on Twitter or Instagram (@feldsparconsult). Susanne is on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/susanneevans and her email address is susanne@feldsparconsulting.com Alternatively, you can sign up for the monthly newsletter The Change Conversation by clicking this link - https://mailchi.mp/f2ba36a7262b/the-change-conversation Jennie can be found here: linkedin.com/in/wellbalanced-jen https://wellbalanceduk.com/ hello@wellbalanceduk.com

In this episode, Susanne talks to Alison Jones from Practical Inspiration Publishing about the power of exploratory writing for sense making and transformation. Alison shares her own story of discovery of its power and discusses how to use insightful questions and metaphors to prompt creativity. She also shares tips and techniques for making exploratory writing a habit and Susanne shares her own discovery that she is able to be more creative on plain rather than lined paper! Alison can be found here: linkedin.com/in/the-alison-jones https://alisonjones.com/ alison@alisonjones.com https://extraordinarybusinessbooks.com/podcast-episodes/ https://practicalinspiration.com/ The ChangeStories podcast is for people who are interested in change, whether that is within organisations or for individuals. Hosted by Susanne Evans, an organisation change consultant, coach, trainer and researcher, each podcast episode features a conversation with a guest about their work to provide ideas and inspiration. To find out more about ChangeStories and Susanne’s work, go to www.feldsparconsulting.com or follow her on Twitter or Instagram (@feldsparconsult). Susanne is on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/susanneevans and her email address is susanne@feldsparconsulting.com Alternatively, you can sign up for the monthly newsletter The Change Conversation by clicking this link - https://mailchi.mp/f2ba36a7262b/the-change-conversation

In this episode, Susanne talks to Mark Green from Change Rebellion about not taking change (or yourself) too seriously and how to bring people together to work collectively on change. Mark shares stories about turning the tide of a change programme over a cup of coffee rather than with a PRINCE2 plan and discusses his passion to genuinely shake up change management consultancy and practice. Mark can be found here: linkedin.com/in/mark-green-3368744 https://changerebellion.com/ The ChangeStories podcast is for people who are interested in change, whether that is within organisations or for individuals. Hosted by Susanne Evans, an organisation change consultant, coach, trainer and researcher, each podcast episode features a conversation with a guest about their work to provide ideas and inspiration. To find out more about ChangeStories and Susanne’s work, go to www.feldsparconsulting.com or follow her on Twitter or Instagram (@feldsparconsult). Susanne is on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/susanneevans and her email address is susanne@feldsparconsulting.com Alternatively, you can sign up for the monthly newsletter The Change Conversation by clicking this link - https://mailchi.mp/f2ba36a7262b/the-change-conversation

In this episode, Susanne talks to Jennifer Bryan about taking a people centred, human approach to change. Jennifer shares the key questions to ask before embarking on any change programme. She also discusses her ABChange model and how leaders can use this to shape their leadership style and communication approach during change. As Jennifer says“change is a journey...how to do you want totravel and what story do you want to share?” Jennifer can be found here: linkedin.com/in/jennifer-l-bryan The ChangeStories podcast is for people who are interested in change, whether that is within organisations or for individuals. Hosted by Susanne Evans, an organisation change consultant, coach, trainer and researcher, each podcast episode features a conversation with a guest about their work to provide ideas and inspiration. To find out more about ChangeStories and Susanne’s work, go to www.feldsparconsulting.com or follow her on Twitter or Instagram (@feldsparconsult). Susanne is on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/susanneevans and her email address is susanne@feldsparconsulting.com Alternatively, you can sign up for the monthly newsletter The Change Conversation by clicking this link - https://mailchi.mp/f2ba36a7262b/the-change-conversation

In this episode, Susanne talks to Melanie Franklin about the importance of developing change capability at all levels in organisations to cope with increasing volumes of change. We also discussed Melanie’s approach to measuring the impact of change, including intangible impacts and the importance of recognising the impact that change can have on employee identity and feelings. Its not just about process and technology..... Resources The global Capability for Change survey assesses the current state of change management understanding and capability across organisations. The results of the survey give us the opportunity to benchmark how well we are preparing our staff for the high volume and continuous nature of change that they experience at work. The questions are thought provoking, helping to trigger thoughts on other things we can do to build change capability and reduce the stress of adopting new ways of working. To access the survey, please register here https://crm.agilechangemanagement.co.uk/enterprise-change-and-transformation-survey The survey uses standard questions plus a cognitive section developed using neuroscience, from a specialist provider called Truthsayers to help us dig deeper than what we think on the surface to how we really feel things are going. The survey is open for completion for 4 weeks, at the end of which you will be sent a report of your responses. This is followed by analysis and commentary of the global results, divided by country and industry type. You are also invited to a webinar where I provide background to the results and host a discussion on our progress and where we can focus our improvements efforts. Previous respondents have highlighted the value of having evidence and comparison with others to drive the conversations in their organisation about the value and importance of managing change effectively, and have been kind enough to share with me the support this has generated from their senior leadership. I hope you will join me in creating our 2023 assessment. The ChangeStories podcast is for people who are interested in change, whether that is within organisations or for individuals. Hosted by Susanne Evans, an organisation change consultant, coach, trainer and researcher, each podcast episode features a conversation with a guest about their work to provide ideas and inspiration. To find out more about ChangeStories and Susanne’s work, go to www.feldsparconsulting.com or follow her on Twitter or Instagram (@feldsparconsult). Susanne is on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/susanneevans and her email address is susanne@feldsparconsulting.com Alternatively, you can sign up for the monthly newsletter The Change Conversation by clicking this link - https://mailchi.mp/f2ba36a7262b/the-change-conversation

In this episode, Susanne talks to Helena Clayton about her research into love and compassion at work. We talk about how there is very little space for emotional connection at work and this has an impact on our wellbeing but also on innovation, collaboration and creativity. Helena shares stories, ideas and questions to ask to build love into leadership practice and create an environment of radical inclusion and kindness. Resources: https://helenaclayton.co.uk/podcast/ The ChangeStories podcast is for people who are interested in change, whether that is within organisations or for individuals. Hosted by Susanne Evans, an organisation change consultant, coach, trainer and researcher, each podcast episode features a conversation with a guest about their work to provide ideas and inspiration. To find out more about ChangeStories and Susanne’s work, go to www.feldsparconsulting.com or follow her on Twitter or Instagram (@feldsparconsult). Susanne is on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/susanneevans and her email address is susanne@feldsparconsulting.com Alternatively, you can sign up for the monthly newsletter The Change Conversation by clicking this link - https://mailchi.mp/f2ba36a7262b/the-change-conversation

In this episode, Susanne talks to Vikki Kirby about how stories work at different levels in organisations to create change. Vikki shares examples from her own work to illustrate the difference between narrative and story and how organisations can get better at linking individual and corporate stories. Vikki also shares the importance of leaders taking the time to listen to stories in their organisation and being confident in what they hear. Vikki Kirby can be found here: https://www.vibratoconsulting.com/ linkedin.com/in/vikki-kirby The ChangeStories podcast is for people who are interested in change, whether that is within organisations or for individuals. Hosted by Susanne Evans, an organisation change consultant, coach, trainer and researcher, each podcast episode features a conversation with a guest about their work to provide ideas and inspiration. To find out more about ChangeStories and Susanne’s work, go to www.feldsparconsulting.com or follow her on Twitter or Instagram (@feldsparconsult). Susanne is on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/susanneevans and her email address is susanne@feldsparconsulting.com Alternatively, you can sign up for the monthly newsletter The Change Conversation by clicking this link - https://mailchi.mp/f2ba36a7262b/the-change-conversation

In this episode, Susanne talks to Dr John Launer about his work in narrative medicine. John shares stories and examples of his practice and we discuss the art of inquiry,reflective practice and attentiveness. We also talked about asking the right questions toinvite change and to move conversations forward and the importance of curiosity on thepart of medical practitioners. https://www.conversationsinvitingchange.com/

In this episode Dr Susanne Evans speaks to Scott McArthur Resources: https://en.unesco.org/futuresliteracy/about https://www.youtube.com/c/ScottMcArthur The ChangeStories podcast is for people who are interested in change, whether that is within organisations or for individuals. Hosted by Susanne Evans, an organisation change consultant, coach, trainer and researcher, each podcast episode features a conversation with a guest about their work to provide ideas and inspiration. To find out more about ChangeStories and Susanne’s work, go to www.feldsparconsulting.com or follow her on Twitter or Instagram (@feldsparconsult). Susanne is on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/susanneevans and her email address is susanne@feldsparconsulting.com Alternatively, you can sign up for the monthly newsletter The Change Conversation by clicking this link - https://mailchi.mp/f2ba36a7262b/the-change-conversation

In this episode, Susanne talks to Susan Ní Chríodáin from Beyond the Numbers about emotions at work and giving ourselves the permission to feel all our feelings. Susan shares stories and poetry which illustrate her work in enabling people to express themselves and allowing others to do the same. She explains how important it is to have courage to say what needs to be said and to have difficult conversations with empathy. Susan can be found here: linkedin.com/in/susannichriodain https://www.beyond-thenumbers.com/ The ChangeStories podcast is for people who are interested in change, whether that is within organisations or for individuals. Hosted by Susanne Evans, an organisation change consultant, coach, trainer and researcher, each podcast episode features a conversation with a guest about their work to provide ideas and inspiration. To find out more about ChangeStories and Susanne’s work, go to www.feldsparconsulting.com or follow her on Twitter or Instagram (@feldsparconsult). Susanne is on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/susanneevans and her email address is susanne@feldsparconsulting.com Alternatively, you can sign up for the monthly newsletter The Change Conversation by clicking this link - https://mailchi.mp/f2ba36a7262b/the-change-conversation

In this episode, Susanne talks to Ket Patel from the Change Management Institute and Change Reactions about the need to create change ready employees from day one rather than relying on change management support from consultants or in house resources. We also discuss the difficulties in defining change management (and explaining to other people what we do!) and is views about whether we really need change management at all. Ket Patel can be found here: linkedin.com/in/ketpatel-changeagitator https://change-reactions.co.uk/homepage/ The ChangeStories podcast is for people who are interested in change, whether that is within organisations or for individuals. Hosted by Susanne Evans, an organisation change consultant, coach, trainer and researcher, each podcast episode features a conversation with a guest about their work to provide ideas and inspiration. To find out more about ChangeStories and Susanne’s work, go to www.feldsparconsulting.com or follow her on Twitter or Instagram (@feldsparconsult). Susanne is on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/susanneevans and her email address is susanne@feldsparconsulting.com Alternatively, you can sign up for the monthly newsletter The Change Conversation by clicking this link - https://mailchi.mp/f2ba36a7262b/the-change-conversation

On this episode, I'm bringing you a webinar that I recorded with David Lee who has 1) been a guest on this podcast back in the very early days and 2) is a definite force for good when it comes to telling and sharing your stories. Hope you enjoy! The ChangeStories podcast is for people who are interested in change, whether that is within organisations or for individuals. Hosted by Susanne Evans, an organisation change consultant, coach, trainer and researcher, each podcast episode features a conversation with a guest about their work to provide ideas and inspiration. To find out more about ChangeStories and Susanne’s work, go to www.feldsparconsulting.com or follow her on Twitter or Instagram (@feldsparconsult). Susanne is on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/susanneevans and her email address is susanne@feldsparconsulting.com Alternatively, you can sign up for the monthly newsletter The Change Conversation by clicking this link - https://mailchi.mp/f2ba36a7262b/the-change-conversation

On this episode Mark Hughes (who appeared on this episode here) interviews Susanne about her Phd, which was one of the major drivers that lead to this podcast! They talk about the 'why' of the doctorate, the challenges involved in writing 80,000 words (and how a year off helped!) and just what the research was. The ChangeStories podcast is for people who are interested in change, whether that is within organisations or for individuals. Hosted by Susanne Evans, an organisation change consultant, coach, trainer and researcher, each podcast episode features a conversation with a guest about their work to provide ideas and inspiration. To find out more about ChangeStories and Susanne’s work, go to www.feldsparconsulting.com or follow her on Twitter or Instagram (@feldsparconsult). Susanne is on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/susanneevans and her email address is susanne@feldsparconsulting.com Alternatively, you can sign up for the monthly newsletter The Change Conversation by clicking this link - https://mailchi.mp/f2ba36a7262b/the-change-conversation

In this episode, Susanne talks to Susie Palmer-Trew from Everyday Change about the lessons that she has learnt during her years as a successful change consultant. Susie shares the change model that she really likes (Bridges) and the one that she really hates (the change curve). We also discussed the need to dig into the history and stories of an organisation to create lasting change. The ChangeStories podcast is for people who are interested in change, whether that is within organisations or for individuals. Hosted by Susanne Evans, an organisation change consultant, coach, trainer and researcher, each podcast episode features a conversation with a guest about their work to provide ideas and inspiration. To find out more about ChangeStories and Susanne’s work, go to www.feldsparconsulting.com or follow her on Twitter or Instagram (@feldsparconsult). Susanne is on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/susanneevans and her email address is susanne@feldsparconsulting.com Alternatively, you can sign up for the monthly newsletter The Change Conversation by clicking this link - https://mailchi.mp/f2ba36a7262b/the-change-conversation

In this episode, Susanne talks to Steve Bellis about his experience as a digital storyteller. Steve shares his tips and techniques for creating digital stories (even if you are a complete novice) and discusses some of the most powerful and moving stories that he has worked on over the past 20+ years. We also discuss the ethics of working with other people's stories. Resources Will Martin Story: Steve working directly with a resident at a spinal injuries rehab centre in Oswestry: https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/224625723 A Scorpion’s Tale: a story made by Steve in an EU funded workshop in Liege, Belgium: https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/199965823 My Favourite T-shirt: made in an EU funded train the trainer’s workshop in Turkey: https://vimeo.com/221392130 A Very Special Party: made in a Lottery funded project called Home Front Recall about memories of WW2: https://vimeo.com/49910093 From India with Love: made in a Lottery funded project called Home Front Recall about memories of WW2: https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/49910097 Fateful photographs: made in a Welsh Government funded community workshop about stories of life in rural Wales: https://vimeo.com/49379575 The ChangeStories podcast is for people who are interested in change, whether that is within organisations or for individuals. Hosted by Susanne Evans, an organisation change consultant, coach, trainer and researcher, each podcast episode features a conversation with a guest about their work to provide ideas and inspiration. To find out more about ChangeStories and Susanne’s work, go to www.feldsparconsulting.com or follow her on Twitter or Instagram (@feldsparconsult). Susanne is on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/susanneevans and her email address is susanne@feldsparconsulting.com Alternatively, you can sign up for the monthly newsletter The Change Conversation by clicking this link - https://mailchi.mp/f2ba36a7262b/the-change-conversation

In this episode, Susanne talks to Angus Fletcher about the science of successful stories. Angus shares his study of the impact of stories on our emotions and wellbeing. We also discussed the latest results from his research into creative thinking. Angus also discusses the latest thinking around AI and narrative - and answers the question, will AI ever be able to create a story? Find Angus here: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/angus-fletcher-99713617/ Website: www.angusfletcher.co https://english.osu.edu/people/fletcher.300 Wonderworks: Literary Invention and the Science of Stories: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wonderworks-Literary-invention-science-stories/dp/1800750234/ref=sr_1_1?adgrpid=133495261591&gclid=CjwKCAjw1ICZBhAzEiwAFfvFhKB0N7SryOv8Qbyrl_btAk0i3xTrzbGggpIDHsd5-zsdUmsthcAuERoC2SIQAvD_BwE&hvadid=605950579179&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=1007345&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=16055988959189971440&hvtargid=kwd-1753196565272&hydadcr=12351_2380391&keywords=wonderworks+by+angus+fletcher&qid=1663072819&sr=8-1 The ChangeStories podcast is for people who are interested in change, whether that is within organisations or for individuals. Hosted by Susanne Evans, an organisation change consultant, coach, trainer and researcher, each podcast episode features a conversation with a guest about their work to provide ideas and inspiration. To find out more about ChangeStories and Susanne’s work, go to www.feldsparconsulting.com or follow her on Twitter or Instagram (@feldsparconsult). Susanne is on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/susanneevans and her email address is susanne@feldsparconsulting.com Alternatively, you can sign up for the monthly newsletter The Change Conversation by clicking this link - https://mailchi.mp/f2ba36a7262b/the-change-conversation

In this episode, Susanne talks to Helen Wada about the importance of recognising the human side of work, and how organisations who lead with humanity can gain a commercial advantage. We also discuss commercial thinking for HR and L&D professionals and the impact of the pandemic on change management in organisations. Resources IOC Digital Report - https://www.dropbox.com/s/7hcb1hgnfmddin6/IOC-Digital-Report.pdf?dl=0 The ChangeStories podcast is for people who are interested in change, whether that is within organisations or for individuals. Hosted by Susanne Evans, an organisation change consultant, coach, trainer and researcher, each podcast episode features a conversation with a guest about their work to provide ideas and inspiration. To find out more about ChangeStories and Susanne’s work, go to www.feldsparconsulting.com or follow her on Twitter or Instagram (@feldsparconsult). Susanne is on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/susanneevans and her email address is susanne@feldsparconsulting.com Alternatively, you can sign up for the monthly newsletter The Change Conversation by clicking this link - https://mailchi.mp/f2ba36a7262b/the-change-conversation

In this episode, Susanne talks to Matt Fairbrass about the importance of listening to intuition as well as logic and how thinking of the organisation as a system can reveal hidden and unspoken assumptions. Matt also shares his experience of using systemic constellations coaching to work with individuals and teams and his work in understanding organisation disenchantment. The ChangeStories podcast is for people who are interested in change, whether that is within organisations or for individuals. Hosted by Susanne Evans, an organisation change consultant, coach, trainer and researcher, each podcast episode features a conversation with a guest about their work to provide ideas and inspiration. To find out more about ChangeStories and Susanne’s work, go to www.feldsparconsulting.com or follow her on Twitter or Instagram (@feldsparconsult). Susanne is on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/susanneevans and her email address is susanne@feldsparconsulting.com Alternatively, you can sign up for the monthly newsletter The Change Conversation by clicking this link - https://mailchi.mp/f2ba36a7262b/the-change-conversation

In this episode, Susanne talks to Mark Hughes about the assertions and narratives of success(and failure) in organisational change since the 1990's. We discuss how he has challenged these narratives through his own research and writing and the vested interests that exist that wish to maintain the narrative that change is difficult. Resources https://woodlanddecay.com/2022/01/31/how-studying-organizational-change-lost-its-way/ Why Transformation Explanations Fail: https://www.dropbox.com/s/5u2yf80xziok1kg/hughes2015onlinefirst.pdf?dl=0 Who Killed Change Management? https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/z5orp7vz19comuxm54ii4/Who-killed-change-managementFinalDraft.docx?dl=0&rlkey=xtmmixf95v6z8g284gottfvfa How Studying Organisational Change Lost It's Way https://www.dropbox.com/s/2d14cowc61p6a3r/hughes2022finaldraft.pdf?dl=0 The ChangeStories podcast is for people who are interested in change, whether that is within organisations or for individuals. Hosted by Susanne Evans, an organisation change consultant, coach, trainer and researcher, each podcast episode features a conversation with a guest about their work to provide ideas and inspiration. To find out more about ChangeStories and Susanne’s work, go to www.feldsparconsulting.com or follow her on Twitter or Instagram (@feldsparconsult). Susanne is on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/susanneevans and her email address is susanne@feldsparconsulting.com Alternatively, you can sign up for the monthly newsletter The Change Conversation by clicking this link - https://mailchi.mp/f2ba36a7262b/the-change-conversation