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Chapter 11Renewing a Large Organization

This chapter answers the question: How can renewal happen in a large organization? Somehow all of our wonderful ideas and aspirations must come together in action. Whether spontaneous, orchestrated, or systematized, organizations somehow converge on ways of moving and growing. Most intentional renewal efforts have a nucleus of people who concentrate and disperse the energy related to change; I’ll call that group “the renewal team.” This team continuously helps the larger organization understand itself in relation to the world within and around it—what it is and what it might become. The chapter focuses on the work of this vital team: roles, examples, and lessons.

The Roles of the Renewal Team

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