Change Management

You might be thinking, “How is change readiness different from change management?” Good question.

You’d be right for thinking the 2 concepts are related. But they are different in very important ways.

Change readiness is a component of change management. Readiness is one of 13 important areas for managing organisational change promoted by the CMI (Change Management Insititute – a global industry body for change managers). However, the problem is that the CMI has not kept up with research into change readiness. Therefore, most change managers have s simple ttransactional understanding of what change readiness is. We, at The Change Gym, have been studying and researching change readiness for over 20 years and have contributed to some of the key research into the field.

Change management is also a component of change readiness. Think about it – an organisation cannot be ready for change if the change process is not well managed and the right people are not engaged.

So, what does it mean for change readiness to be part of change management and change management to be part of change readiness? It means that change readiness is a much broader concept than change management. It relates to change management but extends beyond its borders and encompasses more of organisational reality. 

To understand this concept better, read the Conceptual Framework page of this website.