Change Management Review Podcast

What if just 30 seconds could make a difference in how we manage stress and navigate change? In this episode of the Change Management Review™ Podcast, Theresa Moulton speaks with psychologist, researcher, and author Eli Susman, PhD, about the science behind micropractices—brief, intentional activities that support emotional well-being, build resilience, and help change professionals navigate uncertainty and everyday challenges.

What happens when AI takes on the production-heavy work of change management? In this episode of the Change Management Review™ Podcast, Theresa Moulton speaks with Gretchen Asher, Founder of Change Essentials AI, about how specialized AI agents can streamline change deliverables, preserve professional expertise, and reshape traditional workflows. The conversation explores how AI can free change practitioners to focus on strategy, human judgment, and the people at the heart of organizational transformation.

AI is accelerating how work gets done, but is it accelerating meaningful organizational change? In this episode of the Change Management Review™ Podcast, Theresa Moulton speaks with Dana Houston Jackson, CEO of Change – With a Coach Approach, LLC, and author of *The AI Adoption Traps*, about why faster technology doesn’t always lead to successful adoption. They explore the importance of redesigning workflows, preserving human judgment, building trust, and evolving the role of change professionals to turn AI investments into meaningful business outcomes.

AI adoption is not a traditional technology implementation. Gregory Villar, Founder and Fractional Chief AI Officer at AI Window, joins Theresa Moulton to explore why adopting AI requires organizations to rethink the change playbook—from navigating productivity dips and modeling new behaviors to measuring whether meaningful adoption is actually taking place.

What changes when leaders stop focusing only on what decision to make and start examining how they make it? Dr. Ricardo Valerdi joins Theresa Moulton to explore better decision-making in complex environments, his FLASH framework, the role of diverse perspectives in challenging blind spots, and how AI can accelerate analysis while human judgment and accountability remain essential.

What makes people resist change even when the reasons seem logical? Social Psychologist and author Owen Fitzpatrick joins Theresa Moulton to explore how beliefs, identity, and the brain’s preference for safety shape responses to change, why logic alone may not build commitment, and how change leaders can help people navigate uncertainty and evolving professional identities in the age of AI.

What changes when AI moves beyond helping change professionals work faster and begins reshaping how change is delivered? Theresa Moulton speaks with Elliott Martin about AI-led change, real-time stakeholder signals, the risks of overreliance, and the GEROA™ framework for combining AI-enabled transformation with accountable human oversight.

What happens when AI moves beyond assisting change professionals and begins reshaping how change itself is delivered? Theresa Moulton speaks with Elliott Martin about AI-led change, the GEROA™ framework, and why the capacity AI creates should be reinvested in the human work of judgment, trust, influence, and engagement.

What happens to organizational trust during layoffs, leadership turnover, AI adoption, and other major disruptions? Theresa Moulton speaks with Kim Bohr about Trust Elasticity™, the leadership behaviors that matter under pressure, and why trust should be treated as a strategic organizational capability rather than a cultural aspiration.

What do employees actually need to adapt during organizational change? Theresa Moulton speaks with Michael J. López about a national study of 1,000 U.S. workers that found zero overlap between the resources organizations most often provide and those employees say they need. Discover why time, space, experimentation, and the freedom to fail may matter more than traditional change management activities.