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November 2026
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Change management10 min readMulticultural teams: task debate is not relationship conflict
For managers whose teams mix several cultures, especially when working with overseas partners. The short answer: do not guess what a blunt objection means; make it safe to speak up, then test your reading. The post sets out what the evidence does and does not say, with a four-step trial.
- Change management10 min read
Did Lewin really create the three-step model? What his 1947 paper says
For owners and managers who were taught "unfreeze, change, refreeze" as Lewin's model. According to Cummings, Bridgman and Brown (2016), Lewin wrote only a few short passages on three aspects of change. The textbook model was assembled by others after his death.