Change is hard….isn’t it? We spoke to Rebecca Lawton, a professor of Psychology from the University of Leeds, who is an expert in patient safety; behaviour change; improvement science; workforce engagement and wellbeing.



Why is change so difficult? Who is it most difficult for? And how do we convince individuals, and teams, to make changes? How do hierarchies interact with team changes?



The psychology of change is challenging, but we cannot progress with our practice without this. Is it harder to adopt a practice, or to remove them? And why does this matter?



And what do prehistoric cave dwellers have to do with this?