Minds at Work
Even while we're committed to change, most of us are quietly working to prevent it.
Minds at Work works with individuals, coaches, and organizations to surface what is actually getting in the way of the changes that matter most — using the Immunity to Change™ process developed by Robert Kegan and Lisa Lahey.
What is Immunity to Change™?
People rarely fail to change because they lack motivation or intelligence.
Immunity to Change™ is a research-based methodology developed at Harvard by Robert Kegan and Lisa Lahey. It begins from a counterintuitive insight: that we carry hidden competing commitments — deeply held beliefs about what will happen if we change — that act as a psychological immune system, quietly protecting us from the very growth we say we want.
The ITC process makes that hidden system visible. And once you can see what's actually in the way, you can begin to work with it — rather than pushing harder against it.
Programs
Where are you with Immunity to Change™?
From first encounter to certified practice — enter at the stage that matches where you are.
For anyone
Work your own Immunity to Change™ Map
A personal development experience — not training in the method, but working through the process yourself on something you actually want to change. Six weeks to see what's been working against your goal, discover the hidden commitment underneath, and name the assumption that's been holding it in place.
The Change Course1For coaches & facilitators
Learn to facilitate ITC with clients
Where coaches and facilitators typically begin — with or without prior Change Course experience. Learn to guide others through the Immunity to Change™ process in group settings or one-on-one coaching. You'll leave able to facilitate a full ITC Map, help clients surface competing commitments, and design the experiments that make growth observable.
ITC Facilitator's Workshop · ITC for 1:1 Coaching: Maps and Tests2For working practitioners
Deepen your ITC practice
Once you've used ITC with clients and seen what it can do, there's a lot more territory to explore. Expand the methodology into teams and organizational settings, or go deeper into the adult development theory that gives ITC its intellectual foundation.
ITC with Teams · Adult Development Theory · SOI Training3For experienced practitioners
Become a Certified ITC Coach
The Coach Certification Program is the path to full certification — a twelve-month intensive for practitioners with prior coaching experience. You work through the entire ITC process from both sides, coached by a personal certified mentor, and learn alongside a cohort of professional peers doing the same work.
Coach Certification ProgramWant to bring ITC into your organization at scale?
See how it works for organizations →Community
Practitioners are using ITC across every sector.
Certified ITC coaches and facilitators are working in organizations of every kind — in over fifty countries, across industries that couldn't look more different from one another, but share a common conviction that real change requires getting at what's actually in the way.
"ITC gave me a process for the clients where good questions and accountability weren't enough — the ones who were truly stuck and couldn't understand why."
Executive coaching practice
"It depersonalized the conversations that most needed to happen, while still getting to the real issues underneath. That built a level of trust we hadn't been able to create before."
International management consulting firm
"The single most effective leadership intervention I've seen in twenty years — and the only one that actually addressed what was in the way, rather than working around it."
Senior leader, global insurance company
Where to begin
Not sure where to start?
Most people begin by experiencing Immunity to Change™ in themselves through the Change Course. Coaches and facilitators typically start with the Facilitator's Workshop or ITC for 1:1 Coaching. And if you're not sure, reach out — we'll help you find the right entry point.
See all programs →Deploying ITC across your organization?
See how ITC works at organizational scale →