The New Change Equation

The Next New Approach to Change Management

The 10 most powerful change management tools for a changing world.

The most commonly held formula for managing change is broken. Over 70% of all organizational change efforts and personal change efforts (like dieting) fail. When we’re unable to act with agility, speed, and unity because we’ve gotten the “change equation” wrong—often from the outset of problem framing—opportunities are missed and revenue lost.

After three decades of research and thousands of interviews, it’s clear that we change best when we are strongest and most positive, not when we feel the weakest, most negative, or helpless.

A New Change Equation: An online change management program with David Cooperrider

Offered completely online, The New Change Equation leverages the practical insights of David Cooperrider, PhD, professor of organizational behavior and author of Appreciative Inquiry: A Positive Revolution in Change. This course is designed to help both individuals and leadership groups manage change to scale up every kind of excellence.

Change is changing. Change leadership must become—right alongside your winning business strategy—a core competency, widely shared and strengths-inspired.

“To watch David transform a room of problem-obsessed auditors at PWC into a group of hope-fueled, opportunity seeking leaders exceeded every expectation we had for what an appreciative inquiry approach could achieve. David's grace, humility and belief that behind every cynic is an unexpressed hope was instrumental in winning the trust of our naturally skeptical partners. After years of arduous and ineffective investments in change management, it was a welcome surprise to discover the ability for this simple, but powerful process to quickly unite individual strengths into a shared strategy and ignite heart-felt commitment to delivering positive change across our organization. As a result, today AI is the only change methodology I recommend when working with leading organizations across Australia to evolve into the positive, strengths-led organizations they hope to become.” — Michelle McQuaid, PriceWaterhouseCoopers and best-selling author, “What Good is Positive Business?”

Researched, tested in the field, and enriched in the real world

Discover what Apple, IDEO, Johnson & Johnson, the US Navy, the United Nations Global Compact, and cities, communities, countries, whole school systems, and entire industries around the world have learned about change and change management with David Cooperrider.

The New Change Equation is an independent but complementary training to Weatherhead Executive Education's popular Certificate in Appreciative Inquiry.