William Bridges (1933 – February 17, 2013) was an American author, speaker, and organizational consultant. He emphasized the importance of understanding transitions as a key for organizations to succeed in making changes. He says transition is the psychological process of adapting to change. Transition consists of three phases: letting go of the past, the "neutral zone" where the past is gone but the new isn't fully present, and making the new beginning.
[Managing Transitions p 4,5]
He was educated at
Harvard (BA, English),
Columbia (MA, American History) and
Brown
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(PhD, American Civilization) Universities
and taught
American Literature at
Mills College
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until 1974,when he became a consultant.
Bridges died on February 17, 2013, from complications of
Lewy body disease
Lewy body dementias are two similar and common subtypes of dementia—dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and
Parkinson's disease dementia (PDD). Both are characterized by changes in thinking, movement, behavior, and mood. The two conditions have sim ...
at his home in Larkspur. He was 79.
Books
* ''Managing Transitions''
* ''Transitions''
* ''The Way of Transition''
* ''Creating You & Co''
References
External sources
William Bridges' Amazon Page
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American male writers
1933 births
2013 deaths
Harvard College alumni
Columbia Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumni
Brown University alumni
Mills College faculty