Systems change… success and failures
Five key elements are required to achieve change: vision, skills, incentives, resources, and an action plan.
- The vision, central to the direction and goal-setting, provides the launch pad for action and the parameters for problem solving.
- Skills must be built to realize the vision.
- Incentives help to motivate the workforce to acquire and maintain new skills, to aid adoption, momentum and motivation.
- Adequate resources allow the vision to be achieved.
- The action plan runs as a consistent guiding foundation throughout the process of change.
If any of the steps are missing, something will go wrong… according to the chart:
Inspired by a blog post by @neilperkin and a document by excellencegateway.org.uk.
Reference for the framework is Knoster, T., Villa, R., & Thousand, J. (2000). A framework for thinking about systems change. In R. Villa & J. Thousand (Eds.), Restructuring for caring and effective education: Piecing the puzzle together (pp. 93-128). Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co.
