Coaching emerged during the postmodern period ef the late twentieth century, born of a rapidly changing socioeconomic environment and nourished by the root disciplines of psychology, business, sports, and adult education.

Four very different assumptions about what leads people or organizations to change are presented: Rational Planning, Social Interaction, Human Problem-Solving and Political approaches to planned change.

What does a theoretical model of evolution have to do with the very real world of organizational innovation and the challenges of fostering change within a complex system (such as exists in 21st Century organizations).