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Change Letter | Year 10, number 36

Identity change: New Look & Feel

After 15 years of experience in the field of change management, I recently realized that I had entered a new development stage and that it was time for a new look and feel to expose my identity and that of Delta Change Management. That is the theme of the 36th edition of the change letter, identity change.

Identity
The first thing that probably comes to mind when talking about identity are make-over programs that can be seen on TV: facelifts, haircuts, shiny teeth’s and dressing up as a sign of modern life-style. However, with identity change I mean the process of personal and professional development: who were you in the past, who are you now and who do you want to be in the near future? From time to time it makes sense to check how you see yourself and how others see you - let’s say to check whether your images still match your performances. I did this recently, and had some surprising insights. 

Identity Change
From the start of Delta Change Management in 1996, my professional identity was expressed in my change philosophy and method: small-scale change processes based on action learning and action science. In 2001 I underpinned my practical experience with change management in my MBA-dissertation: ‘Change Management for Personal, Team and Business Development’. I developed my change philosophy and method further, and thus my professional identity, in the book ‘The Change Maker®‘, which was about managing small-scale change processes. Now, almost a decade later, it still is part of my philosophy. But nowadays my emphasis is more and more on the social interaction between (groups of) individuals, human beings in an organizational and often international, context. I have learned a lot from traveling and working abroad, collecting and sharing my experiences with people from other cultures and countries. That is the reason why I have sharpened my change philosophy and methodology, so that it would become less technical and more human-oriented. This has resulted in the new look and feel of Delta Change Management.

New Look and Feel of Delta Change Management
Whith the new look and feel of Delta Change Management I want to express my new professional identity. With a more human-oriented change philosophy, I want to be a source of inspiration for my clients by offering sincere solutions adding even more value to personal and organizational changes and developments. I wish to contribute to continuity and improvement in organizations. Delta Change Management therefore focuses on improvement!

If you are interested in more information on this new outlook and feel, or have experiences you want to share with me, please feel free to let me know. You can mail me or contact me via my LinkedIn account.

Martin J. Loeve MBA