Prosci adapted ADKAR to work inside agile. Lean Change Management was built from agile principles. Here’s why that distinction matters for change practitioners.
Prosci’s “Lean Change + ADKAR” article ranks well but conflates process Lean with Lean Change. This post sets the record straight: Lean Change is a feedback-driven, co-created way to evolve systems through small, testable experiments—not a linear adoption model. We show where their mapping misleads, when ADKAR can be a useful diagnostic (not the backbone), and how to run real experiments that beat change theatre.
There is much change management can learn from the Agile community, and vice-versa! Learn how you can apply Agile practices within the ADKAR change management model.