8 Responses

1. Change curve – Me too!
   I am also looking for this ‘curve’.
   Thanks

2. Change Monster
   This is an interesting (and popular) interpretation:

   http://www.bcg.com/change_monster/change_curve.asp

   A more simply presented piece:

   http://www.ronaldgross.com/Curve.html

3. Change Curve
   Hi Lisa

   If you’re talking about the Immobilisation, Denial, Frustration, etc curve, I have it in PowerPoint.

   If this is what you want, let me have an e-mail adress and I’ll send it.

   Cheers

   Phil

4. Kubler-ross
   The stages you mentioned were originally proposed by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross in relation to dying and grief although have been applied to other situations involving loss. A quick google will turn up lots about Kubler-Ross and her ideas

5. Kubler Ross Change Curve

   Hi
   While this is an old thread it appears to be frequently read. While researching this again recently I have found the following pages.

   There are many sites which show and explain the Kubler Ross (and adaptations) change curve.

   These include:
   http://www.hrdq.com/content/tru/issue19.htm – dead in 2010 🙁
   http://www.rapidbi.com/created/changemanagement/ – various models/ versions & PPT slides
   http://www.simply-communicate.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=678&d=136 – dead in 2010 🙁

   Mike

6. The Change Curve is an Oversimplication
   Find out here:
   The Change Curve Debunked

7. Change Curve debunked…really?

   Hi Interesting Blog – shame you did not copy some of your views here rather than just post a single link.

    

   Over simplification – true all models are over simplifications of reality – isn’t that what they were created for?

   You do raise some interesting points – many authors do ignore that fact that many people welcome Change.

   We all need to remember that these are just models and not reality. As a framework and common language they do have a value – indeed as you say "By all means, keep the five-stage model in our armoury, but let’s not get carried away with it. Let’s not present it as an unequivocal truth. And let’s not let it get in the way of attempting to truly understand how people really experience change."

   As is said in this change management article
   There are 3 rules to leadership (or change)
   Rule# 1 – people are different
   Rule# 2 – people are different
   Rule# 3 – people are different

   And we need to treat each individual in the way that is appropriate for them.

   Your headline is to Debunk the Change Curve … which one there are many? You focus is on the Kubler Ross curve – which as you point out was actually developed for use in a clinical environment, and users need to be aware of that.

   Many practitioners will use a simplified model for use in a general business environment business environment.

   What we do need to be careful of is people search the web (or a library), finding a model and using it without understanding what it is, where it come from or indeed its limitations.

   All models have a place – the question we all need to ask is – is it here and now?

   Mike
   RapidBI

8. Thaks Mike
   I did wonder if anyone would actually read the comment, as the original post is old – but I suppose I did so others might too….