Kristy Ellmer

75% of transformations fail. I'm on a mission to fix that. BCG Managing Director & Partner. TED speaker. Endurance athlete. NATIONAL BESTSELLING Author

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Most change efforts fail. Not because the strategy was wrong. Because the humans weren't at the center of it.

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When did we decide leadership had to be so serious all the time?

Last week I deliberately scheduled fun. Jesse Itzler's Built for Fun event. New people, new experiences, games I haven't played since I was a kid, and physical challenges that were fun because overcoming them showed me what I am capable of.

When writing #Howchangereallyworks we found the leaders that sustained momentum in the hard times created memorable moments.

Schedule it. Protect it. Fun is not a distraction from the work. It makes the work more fulfilling.

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Nearly two thirds of CTOs say their board's involvement in transformation is limited to reviewing status updates.

That is exactly where the opportunity is being lost.

Boards have more power to move a transformation than most organizations ever use. Not through oversight but through active partnership.

Co-authored with Eric DeJong, Matthieu Berthion, Lynne Biggar, and Bob Black. Link below.

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@katy_milkman Awesome to see How Change Really Works in that stack. We are so looking forward to hearing your feedback on it!

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Last year I scaled the vertical equivalent of Mount Everest in less than 36 hours. 19 times up the same mountain. 29,029 feet total with @290

What got me through was exactly what @julia_dhar Philip Jameson, and I wrote about in How Change Really Works. Know your why. Stay consistent. Celebrate milestones. Embrace the process not just the summit. This applies to personal and organizational change.

Transformation reveals a new version of yourself and your teams. Full piece on @CNBC 👇 https://t.co/YBpqz2SquZ

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@julia_dhar @CNBCMakeIt Thank you! We had our own Everest Together writing How Change Really Works!

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Most leadership teams think they're aligned.

Very few are actually in agreement.

The gap between those two things is where transformations go to die.

I discussed this with @KevinEikenberry on The Remarkable Leadership Podcast.

Listen here: https://t.co/IkHARHcCuv

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How Change Really Works is a USA Today Bestseller!

When writing the acknowledgements many months ago, I kept stopping to think about all the people this book really belongs to.

Today I get to say it belongs to you too. Thank you for reading it.
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The most important thing a transformation leader can do is build a culture where people feel safe enough to say what they know. Not after the ship sinks. Before it leaves the harbor. That is what How Change Really Works is built around. https://t.co/QtI3FIxIlC

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This weekend I visited the Vasa Museum in Stockholm. Or as I prefer to call it, the museum of failed change.

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This is not a 400 year old story. It is happening right now. In boardrooms. In AI implementations where the investment is massive and the pressure to launch is heavy. Someone in the room knows something is wrong. And the culture buries it before it can land.

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How Change Really Works week one is a wrap. We wrote a whole chapter on why endings deserve more attention, so here's mine.

Highlights included a conversation with Barbara Coppola in Budapest on digital transformation (video soon), plus coverage across @Bloomberg, @Fortune, @HBR, @NYSE, @Quartz, and the Strategy Skills podcast with @kris_safarova

Full roundup in comments
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