Think about a change you have experienced recently that was not of your own choosing and which was imposed on you. It may be a change to your role or your work; it could be changes to your timetable or course at university.

● Make notes on your response to the change using each of Piderit’s three dimensions: emotional, cognitive, and intentional.

● Now go and fi nd a colleague or friend who has experienced the same change and explore his or her emotional, cognitive, and intentional responses.

● How easy was it to distinguish between the three dimensions?

● What might have been missed in simply viewing your response, and your colleague’s response, in terms of resistance to the change or support for the change?