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Why Peer to Peer Change is more Effective Than Top Down Leadership with Dr. Leandro Herrero
Dr. Leandro Herrero is an organizational architect and regular speaker at the Organization Network Analysis Summit sponsored by OrgMapper.com in November of each year. Slightly irreverent and very honest, our conversation spans why peer-to-peer change works better than top-down when it comes to creating changes at scale. Thinking differently comes naturally to Dr. Leandro and his clients' benefit. His quest is to create Remarkable Organizations. A clinical psychiatrist and academic by background, Leandro moved into the corporate sector taking up senior leadership positions in several multinational companies both in Europe and the US. His behavioral sciences background is coupled with his hands-on management experience. He co-founded The Chalfont Project Ltd from where he developed innovative solutions to organizational design, culture, and leadership. From his large work with corporations, he pioneered Viral Change™, the new global standard for large-scale, peer-to-peer behavioral change. Leandro has written eight books on leadership and change, is an acclaimed speaker, and has a large community of followers on his “Daily Thoughts" blog and LinkedIn. I have his book The Flipping Point — short flips of perception that compel different thinking.
We talk about questions like: What are the preconceived notions that unconsciously would impact a change project? Does national culture have anything to do with change? How and why is peer-to-peer faster?
We bust the notions of how long it takes to shift an organization to responsive and adaptive.
Find more on: https://viralchange.com/resources/ and of course https://thechalfontproject.com/
He is discussing network science and organizational change with Andras Viscek from OrgMapper at the end of July. Register here.
Listen to Episode 96 with the Irish Health Service where Viral Change™ and network analysis released energy for adaptive responses.
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