Presentation: Change Is a Brain Event: Reducing Threat, Building Trust, and Making Transformation Stick

07 Apr 2026
716A & 716B
Change & Transformation

Most change efforts don't fail because of bad strategy, they fail because people feel blindsided, overloaded, or shut out. The human brain processes organizational change through the same survival wiring it uses to detect danger, which means how change lands matters as much as what changes. This session flips the script on transformation, moving from process-first thinking to a people-first framework built on trust, clarity, and capability. Drawn from Citation Canada's frontline work across leadership, safety, engagement, and employee development, you'll walk away with practical ways to take the threat out of change before it takes out your transformation.

Speakers
Carlie Bell
Carlie Bell, Director of Consulting - Citation Canada