The Messy Middle of Change with Angie Keister, PhD (Free Admission for ACMP Members)
Thu, Sep 24
|Grid Collective Workspace
**What if we’re investing in the wrong part of change?** We spend enormous energy preparing for change, building the case, aligning leaders, planning activities, and launching communications. But lasting change doesn’t happen at the top. **It happens in the middle.**
Time & Location
Sep 24, 2026, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM MDT
Grid Collective Workspace, 445 Broadway, Denver, CO 80203, USA
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About the event
Our current approach to change management is fundamentally flawed. We over-invest in the start, focusing too much time and effort on change preparation such as developing business cases, planning activities, aligning leaders, and communicating the "what" and "why." This front-loaded energy is often driven by a need to appease leadership, and while an organized launch feels like success, it diverts critical resources away from the sustainment phase, which happens in the middle of the organization.
We cannot afford to let continuous change fail because the organizational middle is paralyzed. No amount of initial planning can fix this. Instead, we must shift our resources to engaging, and most importantly trusting, the voices in the middle to generate the movement and understanding required for change to endure.
About the Speaker
With two decades of experience as an internal OD and change consultant, Angie Keister helps leaders navigate complex interpersonal dynamics and competing…