Elephant Trails - Organizational Change: Inside and Out

Elephant paths are the clever, alternative routes that people create on their own alongside existing official paths. They are more efficient than the official, planned structure, and everyone uses them without hesitation. An Kramer shows that “elephant trails” also exist within organizations, in the form of the informal organization: the energy, connections, working methods, and ideas that exist invisibly among employees, alongside the formal hierarchy. Kramer invites you to become more aware of this informal organization, to delve deeper into it, and to use it to tackle complex change challenges. With the help of her thorough and fundamentally new approach, you will not only create lasting change but also build the positive resilience that makes organizations sustainable, and contribute to future-proof, self-managing, and creative organizations.