The Change Signal with Anne Gotte
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Three key insights from Anne Gotte: change management is as outdated as “personnel” organizations must diagnose their change allergies before attempting transformation; and leaders need to embrace clumsy imperfection while providing clear direction.
Anne Gotte is SVP Global Talent & Organization Effectiveness at Mondelēz and she brings refreshing honesty to the messy reality of organizational transformation. She’s worked at Bumble, Ecolab, and General Mills, collecting scars and wisdom along the way.
This conversation challenges the traditional playbook. Anne argues that “decree change” — where executives design solutions in isolation, announce them broadly, then expect magic — as well and truly reached its expiration date.
Instead, she advocates for building ongoing change capacity rather than managing episodic projects. Her approach starts with uncomfortable questions: Who are we today? What makes any change difficult for us? How do our systems contradict our change story?
The discussion explores why change feels clumsy (spoiler: it’s supposed to), how to honour uncertainty while providing clarity, and why slow can actually be fast. Anne’s insights about getting comfortable being uncomfortable offer a different path forward for change leaders tired of pretending transformation should feel orderly and predictable.
This is change leadership for grown-ups who’ve learned that the mess is actually the work.
ABOUT ANNE:
Anne Gotte is SVP of Global Talent & Organization Effectiveness at Mondelēz International. She brings over 20 years of transformation experience across Bumble, Ecolab, and General Mills. Her work focuses on building change-ready organizations, developing leadership capability, and guiding complex transformations with honesty and courage.
Anne on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/annegotte
