Get Everyone Literally on the Same Page for Change!
Charting Change: A Visual Toolkit for Making Change Stick is the change management book from bestselling author Braden Kelley — now in its Second Edition, published by Palgrave Macmillan.
Research shows that up to 70% of all change initiatives fail. The reason is almost always human — not strategic. Charting Change gives leaders, change managers, consultants, and project teams a collaborative, visual approach to planning change that gets organizations on board, keeps them aligned, and makes change stick. It is the definitive practical guide to Human-Centered Change™.
Used by change professionals, MBA programs, and organizational transformation teams worldwide.
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See Charting Change in Action
Happy to include a couple of Charting Change videos introducing both editions the book and some of the visual, collaborative frameworks and tools at the heart of the book.
Braden Kelley — introducing Charting Change – First Edition
A fun launch video for the Second Edition of Charting Change
Why Change Fails — and How Charting Change Fixes It
Innovation is about change, and organizations and individuals resist change. But the companies that
successfully innovate in a repeatable fashion share one trait: they are good at managing change.
The problem isn’t a lack of strategy — it’s a lack of shared understanding. Change initiatives fail when teams can’t see the process, can’t track progress, and can’t align around a common plan. Charting Change solves this by making the change planning process visual, collaborative, and human-centered.
At the core of the book is the Change Planning Canvas™ — a single-page visual tool that enables leadership and project teams to map all the variables influencing a change effort, build a shared language, and create a plan that employees can actually embrace and execute.
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What’s New in the Second Edition
The Second Edition adds four entirely new chapters and two new guest expert contributions, expanding the book’s scope to meet the needs of change professionals, MBA programs, and organizational transformation teams dealing with today’s most complex challenges.
Business Architecture
New chapter plus guest expert contribution from Whynde Kuehn on aligning change with your organization’s structural foundations.
Systems Thinking
New chapter on applying systems thinking to change planning — understanding feedback loops, unintended consequences, and interdependencies.
Digital Transformation
New chapter on planning and executing digital transformation initiatives using the Human-Centered Change™ approach.
Continuous Change Culture
New chapter on building organizations that don’t just survive change but thrive on it — creating a sustainable culture of continuous change capability.
storyFORMing
New guest expert contribution from Kate Hammer on using narrative and storytelling techniques to drive change adoption and emotional buy-in.
What People Are Saying About Charting Change
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Daniel H. Pink — Author of Drive and To Sell is Human |
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Marshall Goldsmith — #1 New York Times bestselling author of Triggers, MOJO and What Got You Here Won’t Get You There |
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Eric D. Hieger, Psy.D. — Business Transformation and Change Leadership Practice Lead, ADP |
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Denise Fletcher — Chief Innovation Officer, Xerox |
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Phil McKinney — Retired CTO, Hewlett-Packard; author of Beyond the Obvious |
The Change Planning Toolkit™ for Human-Centered Change
🛠 Go Beyond the Book with the Full Toolkit
Every copy of Charting Change includes access to the Change Planning Toolkit Basic License — 26 of the 70+ frameworks, worksheets, and tools (including the Change Planning Canvas™) in downloadable 11″×17″ PDF format.
Organizations looking to deploy the full toolkit across teams and client engagements can license the complete set:
- Basic License — 26 tools, included with the book. (Contact me with proof of purchase for FREE access if you’ve already bought the book)
- Commercial License — All 70+ tools plus a QuickStart Guide, for teams and consultants deploying Human-Centered Change™ with clients.
- City / State / Country Licenses — For regional government and public sector transformation initiatives.
Where to Buy Charting Change
Available worldwide in hardcover, Kindle, and eBook formats. The Second Edition hardcover is the current edition — Barnes & Noble carries the First Edition only.
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The Case Studies in Charting Change
Real-world case studies from leading organizations bring the Human-Centered Change™ methodology to life throughout the book.
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NHS Improving Quality, a national improvement body of NHS England, working in partnership with the Health Service Journal (HSJ) and the Nursing Times (NT) national healthcare management titles to challenge top down change. |
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Babak Forutanpour is a curious soul, an engineer, a UX Technologist, and a VFX Artist. He is the founder of Qualcomm’s FLUX and Co-Creator of Don’t Dream Alone. Creator of the @TheAryaBall. |
The Guest Experts in Charting Change
Braden assembled a remarkable group of guest experts to contribute their specialized knowledge and real-world experience to the book.
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Beth Montag Schmaltz is a Founding Partner at 71 & Change, a strategy and implementation consulting company that designs and implements solutions to address today’s workforce challenges. |
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Dion Hinchcliffe is a Vice President and Principal Analyst at Constellation Research. He is a well-known business strategist, enterprise architect, book author, frequent keynote speaker, analyst, and transformation consultant. |
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Matthew E. May is a strategy facilitator, innovation coach, and lean trainer. Author of four books (including The Laws of Subtraction and The Elegant Solution). |
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Co-Founders and Co-CEOs of co:collective, a strategy and innovation company that works with leadership teams to conceive and execute innovation in customer experience using a proprietary methodology called StoryDoing©. |
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Tanveer Naseer is an award-winning and internationally-acclaimed leadership writer, author of Leadership Vertigo, keynote speaker, and founder of Tanveer Naseer Leadership, a leadership coaching firm. |
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Whynde Kuehn is a globally recognized business architecture pioneer, thought leader, educator, and advisor. She is author of the book Strategy to Reality. |
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Brett Clay is the Founder and President of Change Leadership Group, LLC and author of Selling Change, 101 Secrets for Growing Sales by Leading Change. |
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Ayelet Baron is a futurist helping to build thriving 21st century organizations with conscious leaders who drive shared purpose. Ayelet is a keynote speaker and author whose purpose is to open people’s minds and hearts about what’s possible when we lifework in abundance. |
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Seth Kahan is an executive advisor who guides CEOs on leading change and innovation to create powerfully positive impact. |
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Rohit Talwar is a global futurist and CEO of Fast Future Research and Fast Future Publishing. He is the editor of The Future of Business. |
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Creator of storyFORMing, co-inventor of KILN’s IdeaKeg, founder of CareSleeves, existential analyst, logotherapist and professional certified coach. |
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Charting Change about?
Charting Change is a visual change management book that gives leaders, managers, and consultants a practical, human-centered toolkit for planning and executing organizational change. At its core is the Change Planning Canvas™ — a collaborative visual tool that helps teams build a shared understanding of a change initiative and keep everyone aligned through the process.
What is the Change Planning Canvas™?
The Change Planning Canvas™ is a single-page visual framework developed by Braden Kelley that enables leadership and project teams to map all the variables influencing a change effort — people, processes, goals, risks, stakeholders, and more — onto one shared visual plan. It is the central tool of the Human-Centered Change™ methodology and is introduced in Charting Change. Access to 26 of the 70+ Canvas tools is included with every copy of the book.
What is Human-Centered Change™?
Human-Centered Change™ is the change management methodology developed by Braden Kelley that places the human experience — of leaders, employees, customers, and other stakeholders — at the center of every change initiative. Rather than treating change as a project management problem, it treats it as a human adoption challenge. Charting Change is the definitive guide to applying the Human-Centered Change™ methodology in your organization.
What is new in the Second Edition?
The Second Edition adds four new chapters — on business architecture, systems thinking, digital transformation, and building a continuous change culture — plus two new guest expert contributions from Whynde Kuehn (business architecture) and Kate Hammer (storyFORMing). It is published by Palgrave Macmillan and available in hardcover and Kindle formats.
Who is Charting Change written for?
The book is written for change management professionals, organizational leaders, project managers, HR and transformation teams, management consultants, and MBA students. It is used as a coursebook in graduate business programs and as a practical field guide by change practitioners worldwide.
Is there a free sample chapter available?
Yes — download a free sample chapter to see the Change Planning Canvas™ in action and get a feel for the book’s visual, collaborative approach before you buy.
How does Charting Change relate to Stoking Your Innovation Bonfire?
Charting Change is the follow-up to Braden Kelley’s first book, Stoking Your Innovation Bonfire (Wiley, 2010). Where that book focuses on building a sustainable culture of innovation, Charting Change focuses on the human-centered change management skills needed to make innovation — and any other organizational transformation — actually stick.
Related Tools & Workshops
The book is the foundation. These tools and programs help you put Human-Centered Change™ into practice across your organization.
📋 Free Human-Centered Change Tools
Free downloads including frameworks, worksheets, and tools from the Human-Centered Change™ methodology — a taste of what’s in the full Change Planning Toolkit.
🏫 Private Workshops & Masterclasses
Bring Human-Centered Change™ to your organization with a private workshop or masterclass facilitated by Braden Kelley — in-person or virtual, customized to your context.
📅 Public Workshops
Join a public Human-Centered Change™ workshop open to individuals and small teams looking to build practical change management skills and earn certification.
🌟 Innovation Keynote Speaking
Book Braden to deliver a keynote or workshop on Human-Centered Change™, change management leadership, or digital transformation at your next conference or corporate event.
The Human-Centered Change™ Infographic
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