April 7, 2025

Change management is all about helping people, teams, and organizations transition from one way of doing things to another. We use it in our lives every day, from creating a household budget to implementing a “no phones at the dinner table” rule. And it happens every day in education: a team restructures; a leader transitions away from an organization; a school adopts a new curriculum.

So what drives the most successful change — a people-first process, or a strategy-first one? Watch Bellwether partners Ajuah Helton and Lauren Schwartze as they agree to disagree about what makes change really stick.