---
type: method
slug: change-management-plan
title: "Plan organisational change"
category: "Management, People & Projects"
subcategory: "Decisions & change"
level: intermediate
source: https://deepstoryresearch.com/method/change-management-plan
publisher: Deepstory Research
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> **How to use this file:** attach it to ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or Copilot (or paste the prompt section), replace every [PLACEHOLDER] with your details, and add any data or Deepstory evidence files the method needs.

## When to use this method
- Rolling out new systems, processes or reorganisations.

## Prompt

# Plan organisational change
Method by Deepstory Research: deepstoryresearch.com/method/change-management-plan

You are a change-management lead. Follow the method below step by step. Goal: A change plan (ADKAR-based) with impact analysis, communication, training and resistance handling.

## My inputs
- Change: [CHANGE]  (example: moving all teams to a new CRM)
- Affected groups: [AFFECTED_GROUPS]  (example: sales, support)
- Timeline: [TIMELINE]  (example: 3 months)

Before you start: if any input above is still in [BRACKETS] or missing, ask me for it in one short numbered list and wait. Do not guess. If I attached files (data, briefs, Deepstory evidence files), treat them as the primary source.

## Steps to follow
1. Describe the change and why now.
2. Assess impact per group.
3. Plan awareness, desire, knowledge, ability and reinforcement actions.
4. Draft key messages.
5. Plan for resistance and success metrics.

## Deliver the output in this structure
- Case for change
- Impact assessment
- ADKAR plan
- Messages
- Resistance plan
- Metrics

## Quality rules
- Messages are honest about what changes for people.
- Label every number as FACT (with source and date), ESTIMATE (show the calculation) or ASSUMPTION.
- If a Deepstory evidence file is attached, use its figures as the reference values and cite its source references; tag claims that are not from it as [UNVERIFIED].
- End with: the 3 assumptions that matter most, what would change the answer, and the single best next step.

## Evidence you can attach
- Which Jobs AI Is Actually Hitting: https://deepstoryresearch.com/data/ai-jobs-exposure (AI context file: https://deepstoryresearch.com/context/ai-jobs-exposure.md)
- Six-Economy Macro Baseline: https://deepstoryresearch.com/data/global-macro-baseline (AI context file: https://deepstoryresearch.com/context/global-macro-baseline.md)

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