Valuable Change with Brendon Baker

The Leader Think Podcast

To learn more about Brendon Baker, visit his website at www.valuablechange.com

Purchase his best selling book here: https://valuablechange.com/product/valuable-change-paperback/

When it comes to change – it’s a world filled with armies of consulting graduates sitting in dimly-lit rooms retroactively justifying why the latest ‘transformational’ initiative went ahead. The industry has over-complicated it. From obtuse jargon to untold reams of paperwork. It’s just become too hard, too confusing, too segregated and too academic.

The thing is – You don’t have time for that. No change leader does. Change is hard enough without all that added complexity.

Brendon is converting others to a radical new idea…

Keep it simple.

As a leading expert in the field, Brendon Baker is the author of the best-seller Valuable Change, and has consulted on over $10 Billion in key transformation projects and programs across a range of industries and organizational sizes. This has included public infrastructure, business/cultural transformations, shared service implementations, organizational restructures, process overhauls, technology deployments, social policy & more.

Brendon Baker established the Valuable Change Co. with one central mission in mind: to Help Change Leaders Drive Real Value, but on his way found his secondary mission: Fight Unnecessary Complexity. Where change isn’t about delivering on-time or on-budget, but rather actually getting what you’re looking for out of it.

Brendon is based on the rural outskirts of Canberra, Australia, has a degree in Business Management and is the father of two young girls - so he’s likely running on coffee for this call.

Brendon knew from the very beginning of his career that he didn’t want to do the same thing day in and day out.

After an accelerated schooling due to various ‘gifted and talented’ school programs, and a short stint in event management, Brendon found his initial calling - in Project Management.

Earning his (metaphorical) stripes and scars on projects large and small across various sized organizations, Brendon then shifted into change consulting. In retrospect, Brendon has worn almost every different hat and performed almost every role that exists in the world of changing organizations.

Through all this, there were three recurring themes:

First, Brendon had a knack for seeing through the complexity to find the simple, and doing so had huge benefit for the change he was working with.

Second, Brendon was able to make complex concepts - accessible. And not just personally, but was able to help others repeatedly do the same.

And third, that broad, diverse experience meant that Brendon was able to help his clients connect together all of the essential elements needed for truly successful change.

It’s these themes that were at play as Brendon wrote his books (to date) - Valuable Change, and Creating High Value PMOs. Both of which were number 1 New Releases across multiple categories, with Valuable Change hitting bestseller status.

And it’s those themes that Brendon brings to his clients everyday as part of the Valuable Change Co.