Chapter One. Introduction

Our first book, Fearless Change, is 10 years old. Since it appeared, both of us have continued to study the patterns and regularly hear from others who have used them for organizational, community, or personal change. As a result, we have become even more convinced that the patterns are valuable tools for leading change, and that they are still relevant and useful today.

Ten years later, our book is still selling. It has been published in Chinese and Japanese, and partially translated into French. We continue to receive email and verbal testimonials from satisfied users, such as the following:

Fearless Change is a catalogue of patterns for introducing change in a company. Personally I’ve been in the role of change agent ...

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