I started writing to share what I had learned.

My first pieces in the early 1990s recorded the stories told to me by ordinary people, Mico a salt-of-the-earth guy who cut my hair, Ed, a retried train engineer, shining shoes in a hotel, Sam, a cigar-smoking booking agent.

Then I began to write provocative pieces about organization development, “Why training doesn’t work,” and about change, “Chaos and the winds of change.”

I shared these stories as leave behinds with clients and prospects of my first independent consulting business. I don’t think they got me any projects, but enough people told me that they liked them that I kept on writing.

I wrote about innovation, organization design, continuous improvement, and stories of leaders I encountered. I posted some of these stories on LinkedIn, on beBee, on Medium, and I still handed them out to clients.

When I retired from consulting, I put up a blog, “Wisdom from Unusual Places,” to continue to distribute what I had learned. I’ve made plenty of bone-headed mistakes in my life, and I figured if I could save one person that pain, it was worth my public embarrassment.

Then I decided to publish a book. I’ll spare you that long and painful process, but in the end I published Traveling the Consulting Road: Career Wisdom for New Consultants, Candidates, And Their Mentors. It could be called “Learn from Alan Culler’s mistakes in consulting.”

Some people liked Traveling the Consulting Road, and it’s still selling. One of my favorite descriptions was “An important book about consulting, which might find a niche from among the many young consultants who won’t listen, and old consultants who don’t read.” Ouch.

Now I’ve written another book, Change Leader? Who Me? Hard Earned Wisdom for Those New to Leading Change, and you guessed it; this one could be called “Learn from Alan Culler’s mistakes learning to lead organizational change.”

I examine why there is so much organizational change required right now, and types of change, innovation, integration, and improvement. I rely on stories to explain leadership, change craft skills, and the organizational development change levers available to leaders. There is a lot of information, but I’ve tried to make it a fun read.

Some people have already liked it:

“. . . a valuable tool for anyone involved in today’s world of organizational change. “

George H. Litwin, author of Motivation and Organizational Climate, and Mobilizing the Organization: Bringing Strategy to Life

“Change Leader? Who Me? offers a refreshing and practical approach to confidently navigating the complexities of uncertainty. “

Dr. Mary Lippitt, author of Leadersheep: Saving the Herd, and Brilliant or Blunder.

“Alan Culler has in abundance both the knowledge and a plethora of stories to explain the complexities of organization development.”

Warner Burke, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Organizational Psychology and Education, Teachers College, Columbia University. Author: Organization Change: Theory and Practice; Organization Development: A Process of Learning and Changing

The book is coming soon. The picture above isn’t the cover design, just a PowerPoint sketch I used to communicate whimsy and attitude to my designer.  I will reveal the real cover soon. Watch this space.

A few advance review copies will be available for my blog subscribers and followers here.