Changing Minds: Profiling a Change Resister | David Shore | TEDxChelmsford

A surprising percentage of people consider change about as appealing as a cold shower. While some reluctantly go along for the ride, many others would rather fight than change. These saboteurs are harmful to the health of your organisation. Using profiling techniques pioneered in the pursuit of Jack the Ripper, we reveal the characteristics of those who would stand between you and successfully implementing your innovation.

David A. Shore is a leading authority on innovation and managing change to gain competitive advantage. Throughout his career he has built constructive links between theory and practice by combining research, consulting, and teaching.

He is on the faculty of Harvard University and adjunct professor of organizational development and change at the School of Business, University of Monterrey, Mexico. He has held visiting professorships including in Amsterdam, Santiago, and Shanghai and has consulted on six continents. He is also Executive in Residence at Enable East. Shore spent two decades at the Harvard School of Public Health, where he served as associate dean. His most recent book is Launching and Leading Successful Change Initiatives in Health Care Organizations: (2014).

Along with innovation and change, his work focuses on building and rebuilding trust; re-engineering meetings; and, strategic marketing and branding.