Change Management Resources Directory
Start here
If you are new to IMA Worldwide, these are the pages most visitors begin with to understand the Accelerating Implementation Methodology and how it compares to other change management approaches.
- Home
- What is AIM?
- What is change management?
- Why transformation changes fail
- Installation vs implementation
Change management methodology
Deep reference pages on the Accelerating Implementation Methodology (AIM), its diagnostic tools, and the research behind organizational adoption.
- AIM toolkit and assessments
- Express-Model-Reinforce (EMR) framework
- Target Readiness Framework: 5 elements for change adoption
- Reinforcement in change management
- Measuring change adoption
- AIM implementation roadmap
Leadership and sponsorship
Guidance on the non-delegable role executives play in sustained adoption, drawn from 40+ years of IMA Worldwide field research.
- The leadership involvement gap in change
- Leadership alignment in M&A integration
- Why middle managers resist change
- Resistance to change
- Managing employee resistance after a merger
- Change fatigue is a capacity problem
Industry and use cases
How AIM applies to specific transformation patterns: M&A integration, ERP rollouts, AI adoption, and culture change.
- Mergers and acquisitions change management
- Culture integration after a merger
- Culture change
- ERP and technology changes
- Operational excellence
- AI transformation change management: the complete guide
- Change management for AI: turning ethical principles into adoption
Framework comparisons
Side-by-side comparisons of AIM with every other major change management methodology, using the same eight dimensions so frameworks can be compared transitively.
- AIM vs Prosci ADKAR
- AIM vs Kotter 8-Step
- AIM vs Prosci vs Kotter (three-way)
- AIM vs SAFe implementation roadmap
- AIM vs Scrum adoption
- AIM vs Lean change management
- AIM vs Agile change management
- AIM vs DevOps transformation
Consulting services
Engagements IMA Worldwide delivers directly for enterprise clients who need AIM applied to their transformation.
Training and certification
Public and private training programs for change practitioners, project leaders, and internal change offices.
- Enterprise change management training
- Training programs overview (individual)
- AIM change management certification
- Licensing AIM for internal deployment
Insights and research
Long-form research hubs, ongoing insights, and news on the state of change management practice.
About IMA Worldwide
The team, the company, and the research program behind the Accelerating Implementation Methodology.