The defining periods in world history have always come about as a result of successful change management and revolutionary leadership. Reflecting on the last 2 decades of rapid flux coupled with  the ongoing global unrest in trade, politics, and commerce arising from a looming global recession, the Ukraine-Russia War and the after-effects of COVID19 calls for a timely occasion on  navigating through the factors leading to successful change management and leadership.  For an educative and thrilling episode on understanding the golden principles of change management and how public and private organizations can thrive in an era of rapid flux, we bring you  the most revered and one of Time Magazine's top 25 most influential authors ever on business and management - Professor John P. Kotter.(@JohnPKotter) He is the best-selling author, The Konosuke  Matshishita Professor of Leadership, Emeritus at the Harvard Business School, award-winning business and management thought leader and founder of one of the leading management consulting  firms, Kotter International - a leadership management organization for the Global 5000 company leaders. He is the author of 22 books, 12 of them bestsellers - on business, management,  leadership, strategy execution, and transformation and his work has been published in over 150+ foreign languages. In the episode, we cover: -how Professor Kotter's 8-step change framework and 8 accelators can be applied in today's management processes -how private and public organizations can implement and manage change -the key distinctions between management and leadership -functions of organizational lifecycles and dual operating system -how big corporations can incorporate the startup mentality -whether leadership training is necessary    Follow our host Waheed Rahman (@iwaheedo) for more updates on tech, civilizational growth, progress studies, and emerging markets. Here are the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players, you should be able to click the timestamp for the episode. (00:00) - Intro (06:26) - Professor John P. Kotter's background (10:25) - How should modern firm's react to the level of rapid change? (12:44) - Is the 8-step change model still relevant today? (15:34) - Is the 8 accelerators similar to the 8-step change framework? What are the accelators needed for? (16:44) - How to implement and manage change amidst the ever changing nature of work?  (19:47) - Management vs leadership (29:59) - How are hierarchies and networks connected to the organizational life cycle? (35:52) - Use case example of dual operating system (39:19) - How to incorporate a startup mentality in large organizations? (43:51) - How does change management differ for public vs private organizations? (46:43) - Rapid-fire round: Getting to know more about the guest (49:47) - About Professor Kotter's most recent book - "Change" (52:43) - Can we train people to become better leaders? (54:20) - Outro