02/09/2026
Change happens. Transition takes time.
A new strategy can be announced in a meeting.
A reorganization can become effective on Monday.
A new leader can arrive overnight.
But people don’t change at the same speed as an organizational chart.
William Bridges’ Transition Model makes an important distinction: change is what happens around us, transition is what happens within us.
And every transition moves through three phases: letting go of what was, crossing the uncertain space where the old no longer works and the new is not yet clear, and eventually finding a new beginning.
For organizations, this means making room for something we often try to accelerate: the in-between.
Transformation happens while people are learning how to inhabit what comes next.