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Rachel

@changewithrachel.bsky.social
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Change expert & freelance consultant. Check out my substack and website for free practical information on how to do change. Find me at: changewithrachel.substack.com changewithrachelkasaven.co.uk www.linkedin.com/in/rachelkasaven

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Rachel @changewithrachel.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
⭐ Reflections of the week ⭐ I loved the new Spider-Man film. What can we learn from it about its strategy to be a success? Here are my top 3 things (no spoilers ahead)... ➡️ Listen to your customers ➡️ Create a quality product they'll want ➡️ Don't be afraid to make bold choices #strategy
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Rachel @changewithrachel.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Thought of the day: I'm considering living in a bubble to keep healthy in this flu season. Back to work today. #backtowork
Quote is "the only way around is through" Robert Frost 
Card by PM Project Manager
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Rachel @changewithrachel.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Thought of the day: Flu again :(
A yellow post-it with the text 'out sick :( '
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Rachel @changewithrachel.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Thought of the day: Clearly I need to live in a bubble...
A yellow post-it with the words 'out sick :( '
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Rachel @changewithrachel.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Thought of the day: Everyone has good days and bad days. #badday #ideservechocolate
A picture of someone looking out at a sea with a cloudy moody sky.
Text is "Never give up. Everyone has bad days, pick yourself up and keep going."
Card by Secrets 2 Success
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Rachel @changewithrachel.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Thought of the day: Getting together as a team is important in building relationships as well as doing the work. #teamwork #teambuilding
A black card with the quote "A team is not a group of people who work together. A team is a group of people who trust each other." Simon Sinek
Card by ITD World
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Rachel @changewithrachel.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Thought of the day: Be yourself in every way in every situation. #selfbelief
A picture of pink/peachy tulips. 
Quote is "Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." By Oscar Wilde.
Card by Chasing Foxes
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Rachel @changewithrachel.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Thought of the day: Skills can be learned. Staying curious and learning is essential to surviving and thriving. #learninganddevelopment #training
Quote is "The future belongs to those who learn more skills and combine them in creative ways." By Robert Greene
Card by Quotefancy
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Rachel @changewithrachel.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Thought of the day: Teamwork is everything. #teamwork #teaming #team
A green card with the quote "Talen wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships." Michael Jordan
Card by Cityhunt
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Rachel @changewithrachel.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Thought of the day: There are weeks when even when things have gone well, there is a sense of relief at making it to the end.
End yout week by doing something that makes you happy.
Card by feelquotes.com
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Rachel @changewithrachel.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Thought of the day: It is important to think about whether a requirement is needed or wanted. Needed means it must be there for success. Wanted means that it would be nice to have, but it is not essential. Software developments often do not succeed because want and need are confused. #change
Text reads "Want isn't a requirement." 
Card by solutions
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Rachel @changewithrachel.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Thought of the day: Finally feeling like I'm getting on top of my to-do list. Of course, for every item I tick as completed, another two emerge in its wake, but that's change. #changemanagement #change
Text reads "Successful people are not gifted; they just work hard, then succeed on purpose."
Quote is by GK Nielson not attributed on the card
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Rachel @changewithrachel.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Thought of the day: There are days which are wall to wall meetings. Today was one of those days. #businesslife
Quote is "The magic to a great meeting is all of the work that's done beforehand." Bill Russell
Card from PictureQuotes.com
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Rachel @changewithrachel.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Thought of the day: Some days are slower than others. Work happens, progress is made. It is steady and not at all dramatic. That's OK. The tortoise won the race after all. #productivity
A picture of a landscape. Quote "Slow but stead wins the race," Aesop
Card by BrainyQuote
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Rachel @changewithrachel.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Thought of the day: The thing that most people do not consider enough when planning and managing risk are the dependencies. Whether you are dependent on another project or they are dependent on you, knowing your dependencies is critical to success. #dependencymanagement
Quote is "Always plan ahead. It wasn't raining when Noah built the ark." Richard Cushing.
Card from PM. ProjectManager
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Rachel @changewithrachel.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Thought of the day: Reporting can be seen as a chore, a necessarily evil of project and business. Yet taking the time to step back, consider the data, review where things are at - that's the invaluable, priceless part of reporting. #change #projectmanagement #business
A picture of a bay and a bridge. Quote is "Reports are more a medium of self-discipline than a way to communicate information. Writing the report is important; reading it often is not." By Andrew S Grove
Card by QuoteFancy
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Rachel @changewithrachel.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Thought of the day: Change baggage is a real thing. People bring their experience of change into any new transformation. It is not unusual for people to say 'I've done this before. Nothing changes.' All we can do is prove that this time is different. #change
A photo of a woman overloaded with suitcases and bags to the left. Quote is "Future successes can be diminished by carrying baggage from the past. Let go of the excess baggage." Reed B Markham.
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Rachel @changewithrachel.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Thought of the day: While it is not always possible, getting together face-to-face with a new team member as soon as possible does help build those team relationships faster. #team #onboarding
Quote is "Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success." Henry Ford
Card by cityHunt
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Rachel @changewithrachel.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Thought of the day: Onboarding new talent takes time but it is worth it. #recruitment #onboarding
A landscape of red mountains at sunset. Quote is "We believe that when the right talent meets the right opportunity in a company with the right philosophy, amazing transformation can happen." By Reid Hoffman
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Rachel @changewithrachel.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Thought of the day: Productivity is not just about having good systems, it is about understanding how to motivate yourself and keep yourself on track. Today I used chocolate. #motivation #productivity
A card looking like wood with a carved flowers and leaves. A brown space in the middle has the quote "Chocolate is a gift of love to yourself." Sonja Blumenthal.
Card by montanahappy.com
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Rachel @changewithrachel.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Thought of the day: Organisations investing in training value their people, and in return they are valued by their people. #training #change
A blue card with quote boxes at the left top and bottom boxes. Quote is "The only thing worse than training your employees and having them leave is not training them and having them stay." Henry Ford
Card by Growth Engineering
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Rachel @changewithrachel.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Thought of the day: It's been one of those heads down and get through the work days. #productive
A picture of a clock. Quote is "The most effective way to do it, is to do it." By Amelia Earhart.
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Rachel @changewithrachel.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Thought of the day: When you have so many different things going on simultaneously, you have to be very organised and proactively choose where to spend your time if you aren't to drown and get overwhelmed. #planning #productivity
A woman running as the sunsets to the right. Quote is "Either you run the day, or the day runs you. You choose." By Unknown. 
Card by Power of Positivity
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Rachel @changewithrachel.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Thought of the day: Doing a PESTLE review is a good way of assessing the risk of external factors impacting a strategy, even if the political one at the moment basically is summarised by the words 'hope WWIII does not break out...' #pestle #riskassessment #strategy
A picture of a light bulb with the words PESTLE Analysis in the centre with the words which PESTLE stands for explained from left to right:
Political (picture of a cartoon person)
Economic (picture of a graph showing upward movement)
Social (picture of cartoon people)
Technological (picture of a light bulb)
Legal (picture of a gavel)
Environmental (picture of a recycle symbol)
Card by ibisworld.
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Rachel @changewithrachel.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Thought of yesterday: Too tired yesterday to post anything as my first week back at work after flu ended with utter exhaustion! #madeitthrough
An end of the week reminder with shooting stars in the bottom right corner and logo in the left.
Reminder:
You made it through.
You did your best.
The previous days are in the past.
Take a deep breath!
Restore your mind.
You did it!
Card by Fabi Carbrino
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Rachel @changewithrachel.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Thought of the day: Scenario modelling can help stress-test your new organisational design and processes. The outputs can help train and communicate the new ways of working. Importantly, it can reduce the risk of a change not working or being embraced. #change #changemanagement #scenariomodelling
Quote is "It is not the strongest or the most intelligent that will survive but those that can best manage change." Charles Darwin
Card by ITD World
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Rachel @changewithrachel.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Thought of the day: Planning, planning, planning. It means you have a track to follow to your destination. #planning #change
Quote is "Planning is a skill and an art which takes a lifetime to master." By Paddick Van Zyl
Card by Diary of a Journey Planner
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Rachel @changewithrachel.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Thought of the day: Reporting is a necessary task and it provides an opportunity to take a step back and evaluate where we really are and what we need to do going forward. #businessreporting #change
A green card. Quote is "Reporting turns data into knowledge, knowledge nto action, and action into results." By Thomas Carlyle
Card is from Global Data 365
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Rachel @changewithrachel.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Thought of the day: Happy New Year! Finally back to work after flu derailed the beginning of the year... #happynewyear #chronicillness
A person lies on the ground. Quote reads "If you stumble, make it part of the dance." 
Card by Parade.
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Rachel @changewithrachel.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Happy New Year! May the year bring you happiness and health.
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a happy new year greeting card with gold numbers 2026
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Rachel @changewithrachel.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Thought of the moment: Merry Christmas to all!
A black cat wearing a Santa hat sits by a Christmas tree decorated and with presents next to the cat. In the background a fire burns brightly in a hearth. Text reads 'Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!'
Created by Canva AI
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Rachel @changewithrachel.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Thought of the day: Sometimes you just have to stop and let your body fight the infection. Sometimes your role is to clear the battlefield and start the recovery. #chronicillness #fluseason
Quote is "Recovery from illness often seems like beginning life all over again." By Cornelia Meigs
Card by Picturequotes.com
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Rachel @changewithrachel.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Thought of yesterday: There is nothing quite like completing a major task and delivering a key output. #change
A picture of a landscape at twilight. "Success is the exponential effect of little things done consistently over time." By Orrin Woodward. 
Card by Quotefancy.
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Rachel @changewithrachel.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Thought of the day: Sometimes life imitates art and sometimes art represents life. #businesscase
A cartoon of a man standing in front of a flip chart with the words 'traceability', 'requirements', 'use cases' and 'business case' on it. Cartoon business analyst is talking to a cartoon audience.
Caption says "My job as a business analyst is to use these words a lot."
Cartoon by Modern Analyst
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Rachel @changewithrachel.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Thought of the day: Having a deadline can focus the mind, but meaningless deadlines can lead to meaningless stress. #planning
Quote from Suits "Deadlines are the ultimate motivation." Harvey Specter
Card my @therandomvibez
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Rachel @changewithrachel.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Thought of the day: Be a great leader. Never stop learning. #leadership
Card with the quote "Leaders are more powerful role models when they learn than when they teach." By Rosabeth Moss Kanter.
Card by ITD world.
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Rachel @changewithrachel.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Thought of yesterday: Rest days are necessary. #chronicillness
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Rachel @changewithrachel.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Thought of the day: When you have a chronic illness sometimes the choice you make is to go out for lunch with a friend even though you know you'll be in pain later. #chronicillness
Words state "I am constantly torn between "I can't let this illness ruin my life" and "I have to listen to my body and rest.""
Card by The Pain Resource
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Rachel @changewithrachel.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Thought of the day: Sometimes days just do not go to plan.
A hand reaching up to the sky and a branch with blossom. Words state "Sometimes, things don't go as planned. It's called life."
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Rachel @changewithrachel.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Thought of the day: Building trust is the key part of every relationship. Trust builds confidence and friendship. #relationshipbuilding
A card with wavy lines around the border. Quote reads "Building a relationship with our clients often leads to friendship."
Card by QuotesIlove.com
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Rachel @changewithrachel.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Thought of the day: Communication, communication, communication. The lifeblood of change and the thing that most often is the most difficult to get right. #change #communication
A black card with a gold quote sign.
Quote is "The art of communication is the language of leadership." By James Humes.
Card by Graciousquotes.com
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Rachel @changewithrachel.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Thought of the day: Stepping outside the comfort zone is a learning opportunity. #comfortzone
A picture of woodland. Quote is "Every time you take a risk or move out of your comfort zone, you have a great opportunity to learn more about yourself and your capacity." Jack Canfield
Card by Quotefancy
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Rachel @changewithrachel.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Thought of the day: I strive every day to be of value and to give value while valuing my own health and wellbeing. We cannot be of value to others if we do not value ourselves.
A picture of Albert Einstein to the left - an old man with wild white hair, a large nose, a bushy moustache. 
Quote "Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value."
Card by quotestosaythanks.com
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Rachel @changewithrachel.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Thought of the day: End of my holiday and back to work tomorrow...
A picture of the cartoon cat Garfield (orange with black stripes) lying flat face down on the floor, bubble over his head with the words 'Sigh...vacation is over'
From LoveThisPic.com
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Rachel @changewithrachel.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Thought of the day: A clean house is a good canvas on which to paint life.
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Rachel @changewithrachel.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Thought of the day: A rainy day to end my week away from work.
A picture of cosy things - candles, mugs of tea, scarf, book.
Words are stay warm, stay cozy
Card by Freepik
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Rachel @changewithrachel.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Thought of yesterday: Rest is the best way to recharge. #chronicillness
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Rachel @changewithrachel.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Thought of yesterday: Taking time to yourself is not a waste of time. #chronicillness
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Rachel @changewithrachel.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Thought of the day: Lunch with an old friend is the best medicine. #friendship
Quote reads "It takes a long time to grow an old friend." John Leonard. 
Card from Keepinspiring.me
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Rachel @changewithrachel.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Thought of the day: Time for a break. #holidaysareimportant
A card with pictures of suitcases and paper planes bordering it. 
Quote is "Jobs fill your pockets, but vacations fill your soul." Anonymous.
Card by Mixbook
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