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John Kotter

John Kotter

Professor

Sep 3, 2026

8:58
So what role does the human nature and our resistance to change and our capacity for change play in organizational change?
9:10
One of the fields of science that has come a long way in the last 20 years and has a long way to go is understanding of the human brain and the hormonal system and everything that comes with it.
9:24
It's our basic heart wiring, if you will.
9:28
And four years ago, I started at the consulting company that I co-founded a study group to look into that to see if there was something that would help us go deeper in our understanding of why and how some people were able to bring about incredible changes that benefited the masses.
9:57
We decided that indeed there was something there.
10:01
It was sometimes hard to find when you talk to the specialists who were neurologists.
10:07
because they are business people or don't know much about organizations.

23 MINS LATER

33:17
So as leaders are listening to you, what do they need to do to make that a reality within their organizations to have more people lead the way you say it takes to lead change in the organization?

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