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The Change Pro simulation

Practice making change happen.

Successful change takes more than a good plan. It takes an understanding of people, the ability to build support, and the confidence to make difficult decisions.

Change Pro lets participants practice exactly that, in a realistic business simulation.

Trusted since 2004 by business schools, organizations and consultants.

The knowing–doing gap

Knowing what to do isn't the same as doing it.

Most managers know that change needs communication, engagement and commitment. But real organizations are more complex than any framework.

People have different priorities. Relationships matter. Resistance can be subtle. And the clock is always ticking.

Change Pro gives participants a safe space to test their judgment, experience the consequences and reflect on what it takes to move people toward change.

See how it works
The simulation

A difficult challenge.
A chance to put ideas into practice.

Sent by Head Office into a successful division, participants must win support for a major corporate initiative, with little formal authority and before time runs out.

120simulated days
to make progress
24senior managers
to convince
25tactics
to choose from
01

Read the organization

Discover individual priorities, informal networks and different attitudes toward change.

02

Choose your approach

Decide when to gather information, meet individuals, involve groups or address the whole organization. Every tactic costs time.

03

Learn from the consequences

Read the organization's response, rethink your approach and reflect with others on what the experience reveals.

The Change Pro simulation: the division's 24 managers, each with a progress bar, the list of tactics and the latest feedback
The Change Pro simulation, day 39: the division's managers, the tactics, and the organization's latest response.
How learning happens

Learn by making decisions.
Not just hearing about them.

A shared simulation experience creates rich opportunities for discussion, discovery and transfer to participants' own work.

01 /

Experience

Work through the practical challenges of implementing change in an organization of diverse personalities, motivations and relationships.

02 /

Experiment

Try different tactics, adapt your strategy and see how one intervention can build momentum, or resistance.

03 /

Reflect

Compare approaches with other teams, challenge assumptions and apply the lessons to real situations.

Who it's for

One simulation.
Three ways to create value.

Change Pro provides a practical shared experience for management development, education and client engagements.

01 / Organizations

Turn change plans into action.

Help managers and project teams build shared understanding and practice the human side of implementing change.

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02 / Business schools

Bring the theory to life.

Give students and executives an experience they can analyze, debate and apply beyond the classroom.

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03 / Consultants

Add experience to expertise.

Bring a structured, interactive learning experience to client programs and capability-building engagements.

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Built on research

Designed by a leading professor of leadership and change.

Change Pro is based on the content expertise of Professor Jean-François Manzoni, Visiting Professor at IESE Business School and former President of IMD, whose research and teaching focus on leadership, high-performance organizations and the management of change.

First developed for an INSEAD program, it has been trusted since 2004 by business schools, companies and consultants around the world.

About Learning Ways
In their words
“
Change Pro is an outstanding learning experience. It is an ideal capstone to our Executive Strategic Business Leadership Program.
Holly J. Raider
Kellogg School of Management

Make change something people can practice, not just discuss.

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