{
  "title": "Leading AI-Driven Change: Why Preparation Matters More Than Announcement",
  "url": "https://shr.swiss/blog/conduite-changement-ia-preparation-fribourg-en",
  "language": "en",
  "datePublished": "2026-10-15",
  "publisher": {
    "name": "SHR — Swiss Human Resources",
    "url": "https://shr.swiss",
    "address": "184 route de Saint-Julien, 1228 Plan-les-Ouates, Suisse"
  },
  "summary": "Research on change management shows that teams' sense of preparedness conditions adoption — before any tool considerations.",
  "section": "Research",
  "topic": "Change Management in the Age of AI",
  "place": {
    "name": "Fribourg",
    "region": "Fribourg",
    "country": "CH"
  },
  "keyPoints": [
    {
      "heading": "The Role of Readiness",
      "point": "Achilles Armenakis and Stanley Harris (2002, Journal of Change Management) formalized the concept of \"readiness\": adoption of change depends on five perceived messages — its necessity, the organization's capacity to succeed, confidence in leaders, personal advantage, and the change's appropriateness."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Two Logics of Change",
      "point": "Michael Beer and Nitin Nohria (2000, Harvard Business Review) distinguish two strategies: Theory E, oriented toward rapid economic results, and Theory O, oriented toward capacity development."
    },
    {
      "heading": "What This Means for AI",
      "point": "This research does not address AI, but change in general."
    },
    {
      "heading": "The Limits of Grand Narratives",
      "point": "An inspiring leadership speech cannot replace concrete demonstration on daily tasks."
    },
    {
      "heading": "A Practical Implication, Verifiable in Geneva",
      "point": "In an organization spanning bilingual SMEs, agribusiness, and public services, launch the project with three workshops where teams themselves list tasks AI could handle and those they want to keep."
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "authors": "Harris",
      "year": "2002",
      "source": "Journal of Change Management"
    },
    {
      "authors": "Nohria",
      "year": "2000",
      "source": "Harvard Business Review"
    }
  ],
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