Rob van Es is filosoof en gespecialiseerd in de samenhang van cultuur, ethiek en politiek in organisaties en professies. Hij doet daarnaar onderzoek en geeft daarin onderwijs aan de Universiteit van Amsterdam. Daarnaast is hij zelfstandig trainer en adviseur in het stellen van organisatiediagnoses en in het nemen van morele besluiten.
Meer over Rob van EsDiagnosing Change is an introduction into organizational diagnostics with an emphasis on the most difficult type of change process: bottom-up change. The book is unique in its use of artworks to present its subject matter.
Using 26 paintings and lithographs, 19 films and 11 poems, the author introduces the reader to the practice of diagnosis to effect bottom-up change. The book ends with a clear diagnostic tool grounded in cinematic technique that uses terminology such as zooming in, zooming out, close-up and screenplay. This tool has proven its practical use in 500+ diagnostic processes in which the author was directly or indirectly involved.
