The Change Signal with Clay Parker Jones
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Here are three questions from this Change Signal conversation:
- What if resistance is right?
- Where does change spread without permission?
- How close is your transformation work to customers and money?
In this episode, I talk with Clay Parker Jones, author of Hidden Patterns: A Playbook for More Human Workplaces, about why change management often gets stuck — and what might actually help.
Clay’s work is built around the idea of patterns: small, repeatable moves that can change how people work without requiring you to blow up the org chart. We talk about why old patterns are so seductive, how new ones spread, and why the geeks, nerds, and weird ones may be your best allies.
We also get into resistance — not as ignorance or stubbornness, but as useful information about what people are protecting. And Clay makes a sharp case that change leaders need to get closer to customer contact, business outcomes, and the places where the organization can feel the impact.
Change Signal is where transformational change leaders seek and find modern change wisdom.
ABOUT GREG:
Clay Parker Jones is an author and organization designer whose work focuses on building more human workplaces through practical patterns of work. He is the author of Hidden Patterns: A Playbook for More Human Workplaces, which gathers small, repeatable practices that help teams and organizations work with more clarity, agency, and impact.
- Learn more about Clay Parker Jones: https://cpj.fyi
- Hidden Patterns: A Playbook for More Human Workplaces: https://cpj.fyi
Music Credits: Rest in the Garden – SackJo22 ft Duckett & The Stubble Field Break (Mana Mixed) – Mana Junkie ft Apoxode
