Prechange

The Prechange Way prepares the conditions people need (energy, headroom, perspective and habits) so they can absorb change before it begins. Practised daily, with a focused boost before each change.

The book builds on that definition in four ways:

• It works on conditions, not attitudes. It asks whether people are able to change, not whether they are willing.
• It adds one stage and replaces nothing. It sits in front of existing change management models.
• It runs in two modes: a daily practice, plus a focused boost before each specific change.
• Its core claim is that capacity is the precondition for adaptability.

Sukant Ratnakar is the author of Change Anesthesiology and The Sunfish Paradox. In Prechange, he explores how people and organizations can build the capacity to adapt before change begins.