{
  "title": "Leading AI-driven Change: Why Preparation Matters More Than Announcement",
  "url": "https://shr.swiss/blog/conduite-changement-ia-preparation-sion-en",
  "language": "en",
  "datePublished": "2026-10-16",
  "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 determines adoption — before any tool consideration.",
  "section": "Research",
  "topic": "Change Management in the Age of AI",
  "place": {
    "name": "Sion",
    "region": "Valais",
    "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 appropriateness of the change."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Two Change Logics",
      "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": "These studies do not address AI specifically, but change in general."
    },
    {
      "heading": "The Limits of Grand Narratives",
      "point": "An inspiring leadership speech does not replace concrete demonstration on daily tasks."
    },
    {
      "heading": "A Practical Implication, Verifiable in Geneva",
      "point": "In an organization spanning hydroelectric energy, healthcare, viticulture, and alpine tourism, opening the project with three workshops where teams themselves list tasks that AI could take on 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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