On our minds – ORCHANGO

Change makers: we got to feed the beaver, he?

Edmond Mellina — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 15:14:24 +0000

NimbleVlog Season 05 Episode 04 — ORCHANGO’s president & co-founder Edmond Mellina uses a beaver analogy to highlight an important call to action for change-makers… Reading time: about 2 minutes When teaching Nimble Change Leadership™ [or Change Agility for Staff Members], I often use a beaver analogy. Of course, it works very well with Canadians. After all, the beaver is our…

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Today’s change-makers need stethoscope-like tools

Edmond Mellina — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 15:22:44 +0000

NimbleVlog Season 05 Episode 03 — ORCHANGO’s president & co-founder Edmond Mellina highlights three nimble characteristics of the traditional stethoscope. In today’s BANI world, change-makers need tools that have the same characteristics… Reading time: less than 2 minutes Do you know when the stethoscope was invented? 1816. That’s a very, very long time ago! Yet, to these days…

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Classic Change Management vs. Nimble Change Leadership™

Edmond Mellina — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 15:19:15 +0000

NimbleVlog Season 05 Episode 02 — ORCHANGO’s president & co-founder Edmond Mellina contrasts Classic Change Management with what he calls Nimble Change Leadership™… Reading time: less than 2 minutes I always contrast Classic Change Management with what I call Nimble Change Leadership™. As I explained in the previous episode, organizations across sectors are moving away from…

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Thanks BANI – you’ve made the case for change agility!

Edmond Mellina — Mon, 15 Sep 2025 17:52:58 +0000

NimbleVlog Season 05 Episode 01 — ORCHANGO’s president & co-founder Edmond Mellina discusses the evolution of our world – from VUCA to BANI. If classic change management was still useful in the VUCA era, BANI calls for change agility and what we call Nimble Change Leadership™… Reading time: less than 2 minutes For about 10 years, I’ve been saying to corporate leaders: it’s time to…

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Infographic: 5 mindset shifts for nimble change leadership

Editor — Tue, 12 Mar 2024 15:46:51 +0000

When talking with C-suite executives and other transformation leaders about leading through change in the new normal, we regularly point to the five mindset shifts captured in this infographic. They are absolutely critical to switching from sluggish change management (think Prosci and its antiquated ADKAR model) to nimble change leadership™ (our specialty and unique expertise) – and therefore…

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New type of facilitation for our catalogue of services 👍🎉

Editor — Tue, 21 Jun 2022 14:52:47 +0000

That was a LOT of fun! Last evening, ORCHANGO’s president & co-founder Edmond Mellina facilitated a different type of hybrid workshop: he was the only person NOT in the room! The client’s leadership team went to Vancouver for their division’s retreat. They wanted Edmond to facilitate a leadership workshop. Unfortunately, he couldn’t go to the West coast. So, he joined the client from Toronto…

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🎂 🎈 Celebrating our 20th anniversary 🥂

Editor — Fri, 11 Mar 2022 23:01:00 +0000

This week marks the 20th anniversary of our firm! Time flies… We are so grateful for all the clients, associates and partners we have collaborated with throughout these past two decades – in North America, Europe and the Middle East! 🙏💙 We are looking forward to many more fruitful collaborations in the years to come… We asked Edmond Mellina, ORCHANGO president & co-founder…

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🎦 Top-5 questions about our flagship program

Editor — Tue, 25 May 2021 15:53:48 +0000

We recorded a series of video clips to address each of the Top-5 questions we get about our flagship learning program: NIMBLE CHANGE LEADERSHIP™ – powered by our STEP UP!™ Game simulation.

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Infographic: 5 mindset shifts for nimble change management

Editor — Wed, 19 Feb 2020 23:24:53 +0000

When we talk with C-suite executives and other transformation leaders about change management for the age of digital disruption, we regularly point to five mindset shifts that are necessary to move from sluggish to #nimble. We decided to capture them via this infographic featured below. These mindset shifts mean…

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The Co-Disruptor Manifesto

Edmond Mellina — Wed, 08 Nov 2017 03:01:39 +0000

The intent of this manifesto is to help launch a ‘co-disruption movement’ so that established organizations can better fend off their respective Uber or Airbnb! In the article Change Management Has Changed: BOARDS MUST TOO, I explained that established organizations (as opposed to start-ups) desperately need leaders who take a highly collaborative approach to disruption from within.

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