SMP Leading in Transformation

#19 | Change Management: Bringing about lasting behavioral change

SMP Leading in Transformation

27. July 2026

With Mark Poppenborg, Oliver Krumm, Janis Steinfort and Michael Hedtstück

About the systems theory approach to Change Management

0 h 54 Min

“You have to be willing to slaughter sacred cows. And a crisis makes that possible.”

“Our employees don’t understand us.” Or: “Middle management has blocked us.” These are common explanations when efforts to drive change in companies fizzle out without making an impact. But is the issue really that simple and inevitable?
In this podcast, we discuss the answers that “systems theory” in change management offers to this business challenge.

*Video only in German

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