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Transformation
Transformation succeeds when leaders change how they lead, decide, and work together. Explore what it takes to move beyond transformation plans and create meaningful change that sticks.
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Make HOW Matter: Aligning Human Leaders in the Age of AI
Julie Williamson, PhD, CEO and Managing Partner of Karrikins Group, explains why AI adoption is not just a technology challenge. It is a leadership activation challenge
Make HOW Matter: Aligning Human Leaders in the Age of AI | CultureCon Keynote
Make HOW Matter: Aligning Human Leaders in the Age of AI A keynote by Julie Williamson, PhD at the 2026 CultureCon AI Summit As organizations rush...
Women Governance Trailblazers featuring Julie Williamson, PhD
In this episode of Women Governance Trailblazers, Dr. Julie Williamson, CEO of Karrikins Group and author of Make HOW Matter, shares why alignment is the critical (and often missing) ingredient for Boards and executive teams driving transformation. From lessons in behavioral science to insights from endurance racing, Julie brings a fresh, grounded perspective on leading through complexity—with clarity, discipline, and purpose.
Management Blueprint Podcast: Turn Agreements to Alignment with Julie Williamson, PhD, and Steve Preda
Julie Williamson, CEO of Karrikins Group, focuses on aligning leadership actions with strategic goals to transform businesses on Steve Preda’s Management Blueprint Podcast. She emphasizes the crucial difference between agreement and actual implementation, helping organizations move from simply agreeing on a plan to successfully executing it. Williamson uses the Karrikins Diamond Triangle framework, which links the “Why,” “What,” and “How” of a strategy. By concentrating on the “How,” she empowers leaders to make effective decisions that lead to real change and prevent the common “failure gap” where promising ideas fail due to a lack of action.
Misaligned Leaders Are Killing Transformation [A Women in Leadership Publication Article]
Join Julie Williamson, PhD, as she is featured as a 2024 Women in Leadership Publication about why misaligned leaders are killing transformation for you and your team.
Executive Leadership Responsibilities in Digital Transformations [Video Interview]
Digital transformation is all the rage, but are your executives truly on board? Learn how to secure executive leadership buy-in and alignment for your digital initiatives.
Make HOW Matter: 5 Ways to Activate Leaders and Accelerate Transformation [Webinar]
This quick, engaging, and informative 30-minute KARRIKINS Coffee Break talks about HOW to activate leaders to shift their behaviors and decisions to drive new and more strategically focused outcomes.
Digital Transformations Podcast with Bruce Siegel and Eric Kimberling: Lessons From Executives Going Through Transformation
In today’s rapidly changing business landscape, executives need a unique set of leadership skills to navigate digital and business transformations successfully. This live podcast interview features Bruce Siegel, Managing Partner at Karrikins Group. Bruce and Eric Kimberling will be pulling back the curtain and sharing real-world lessons learned “in the trenches,” with a particular focus on achieving executive alignment and effective leadership strategies during times of change.
4 Ways to Accelerate Organizational Transformation: Transforming Leaders To Succeed
You can’t lead a successful organizational transformation from the sidelines—you have to be in the mix, changing yourself while you encourage others to change.
Strategic Transformation: The Power of Stories to Motivate Change
Early in my career, I was responsible for a 225-person, 24/7 medical contact center for one of the largest integrated payor/provider health systems in the United States.
5 Ways to Help Transformational Leaders Align: Actionable Steps to Align During Transformation
We’ve all seen the grim statistics – major organizational transformations often fail to return as expected to the business.
The Missing Piece: Leader Activation Drives Transformation
Too many leaders today treat change as something other people need to do. But senior leaders can’t leave it up to their teams to transform while they are busy doing more important things.