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id: "prereq-change-management-d10"
type: "prerequisite"
source_timestamps: ["§ Reskilling Is a Change-Management Initiative"]
tags: ["organizational-behavior", "leadership"]
related: ["framework-reskilling-change-management"]
reason: "Reskilling requires altering organizational context, incentives, and mindsets, not just delivering educational content."
sources: ["reskilling"]
sourceVaultSlug: "hbr-seg-reskilling"
originDay: 10
articleStem: "hbr-edu-34-reskilling-in-age-of-ai"
sourceUrl: "https://hbr.org/2023/09/reskilling-in-the-age-of-ai"
sourceTitle: "Reskilling in the Age of AI"
---
# Change Management Fundamentals

**Prerequisite.** Leaders must understand the fundamentals of organizational change dynamics — particularly how to **identify and overcome middle-management resistance** ([[concept-talent-hoarding]]), **align with worker councils/unions**, and **shift corporate culture**.

**Why it's required.** Reskilling requires altering organizational context, incentives, and mindsets — not just delivering educational content. This is the conceptual foundation for [[framework-reskilling-change-management]] and paradigm three of [[framework-five-paradigms]].