Welcome to episode 48 of the Inner Game of Change Podcast where I focus on exploring the multi layers of managing and enabling organisational change.

Today, my guest is David Altman;   The Chief Research and Innovation Officer of the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL), a global non-profit organization with offices throughout the world (www.ccl.org). David oversees global research, partnerships and innovation, and portfolio/leadership solutions with a particular focus on EDI. 
 
With extensive leadership and research achievements, David was selected as one of 40 Americans for the three year W.K. Kellogg Foundation National Leadership Program. 

A prolific author of many articles on leadership and change, today David and I chat about the case for incremental change as an effective approach to successfully managing complex changes.  

I am grateful to have David chatting with me today. 

Topics include :

1. What's the case for Incremental change?
2. Examples of transformative incremental changes including ChatGPT.
3. Concept and advantages of small wins. 
4. What's the power butterfly effect and its compounding effect. 
5. Overview of Improvement Science methodologies. 
6. Industries that take real advantage of incremental change.
7. The role of communication in driving incremental change and navigate through he status quo bias . 
8. A brief list of pros and cons of incremental change. 
9. Measuring success for incremental change. 
10. David's key takeaways and advice to the change practice community. 

and much more.

About David (In his own words)

 David Altman, Ph.D., is Chief Research and Innovation Officer of the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL), a global non-profit organization with offices throughout the world (www.ccl.org). He oversees global research, partnerships and innovation, and portfolio/leadership solutions. He also facilitates leadership development programs, particularly with senior teams and on topics related to EDI. Before joining CCL, he spent 20 years working in academic medical centers. He received his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in social ecology from the University of California, Irvine and his B.A. in psychology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is Adjunct Faculty at Wake Forest University. He was selected as one of 40 Americans for the three year W.K. Kellogg Foundation National Leadership Program. He rode his bicycle from California to North Carolina to raise public awareness about hunger and endowment funding for an international hunger relief organization. He is a Fellow in three divisions of the American Psychological Association and a member of the Society of Public Health Education and Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research.

Contact David

David’s Profile
linkedin.com/in/david-g-altman

Websites
ccl.org (Company)
kelloggfellowsconsultinggroup.org (Speakers Circle/Kellogg Fellow)

Email
[email protected] 

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