More Fearless Change: Strategies for Making Your Ideas Happen [Paperback]

A new title (not a Second Edition), this guide includes and updates 48 patterns of software change leadership presented in the authors' Fearless Change, and adds 15 entirely new patterns. It also incorporates recent research in cognitive science that did not exist when the previous book was published.

63 New and Updated Patterns for Driving and Sustaining Change

The hard part of change is enlisting the support of other people. Whether a top manager interested in improving your organizations results or a lone developer promoting a better way of working, this book will give you tools and ideas to help accomplish your goal.

George Dinwiddie, independent coach and consultant, iDIA Computing, LLC

Keep the patterns in this book and Fearless Change handy. ... These patterns transformed me from an ineffective voice in the wilderness to a valued collaborator.

Lisa Crispin, co-author (with Janet Gregory) of Agile Testing and More Agile Testing

In their classic work, Fearless Change, Mary Lynn Manns and Linda Rising interviewed successful leaders of change, identified 48 patterns for implementing change in teams of all sizes, and demonstrated how to use these techniques effectively. Now, in More Fearless Change the authors reflect on all theyve learned about their original patterns in the past decade, and introduce 15 powerful, new techniquesall extensively validated by change leaders worldwide. Manns and Rising teach strategies that appeal to each individuals logic (head), feelings (heart), and desire to contribute (hands)the best way to motivate real change and sustain it for the long haul.

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