Peter Senge is the founder and director of the Society for Organisational Learning at MIT. In his three books on the paradigm of the learning organisation – The Fifth Discipline, The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook, The Dance of Change – he develops the structure of an organisation, where individuals work closely together, where cutting-edge patterns of thinking are nutured and where people continually are learning together for the good of the whole. Senge´s approach goes beyond the usual business books in that he draws on natural sciences, spiritual values, psychology as well as business science to develop his unique ideas.
The “Dance of Change – The Challenges of Sustaining Momentum in Learning Organizations” is the last but not the least of this trilogy. By some reviewers it is regarded as the most essential of Senge´s cycle. The interested reader needs to clear some time on his schedule, because it is not a book that you can work through in one weekend. At 600 pages thick it offers detailed analysis on the issues of organisational change. It puts the readers in charge on how to read the book and browse in it in any order they like.
The premise of “The Dance of Change” is that the most viable solution for change management is not the usual approach. Managers should strive to get a clearer picture of what factors limit change in their organisations and activate leadership on all levels instead of pushing change from the top. On the practical side Senge offers the readers exercises, tools and techniques for implenting his approach in their organisations.

Senge, Peter (1999). The Dance of Change: The Challenges of Sustaining Momentum in Learning Organizations. London. Nicholas Brealey Publishing.