Know which moment you are in, and lead change with the right response
The I Ching, or Book of Changes, read as a library of 64 situations every leader of change meets: beginnings, conflict, obstruction, exhaustion, renewal, completion. This kit turns it into a daily practice, a team diagnostic and a 12-week programme, with no divination and no fortune-telling.
- An e-book of about 10,400 words in 10 chapters, each with a scene, a method, a worked example and the file to open
- The Situation Sorter: 24 questions about your team that point to the 3 best-fitting of 64 situations, with the response and the mistake to avoid
- A practice workbook with a daily log, streak counter and dashboard, 6 fillable PDF forms, 43 scripts, 27 AI prompts and 52 team emails
- A 52-card situation deck, a one-page-each reference to all 64 situations, a workshop guide and a 12-week calendar
I Ching for Change Leadership · Bodhih Pro Kits · 154 by Bodhih Training, trainers to 2,000+ companies since 2008.
How can leaders use the I Ching?
Leaders can read the I Ching (Book of Changes) as a library of 64 situations met in change, such as difficulty at the beginning, obstruction, deliverance and before completion, each with a fitting response. Bodhih Training's kit turns this into a diagnostic, timing checks and a daily practice, without divination or prediction.
Want the full free guide first? Read I Ching for Leaders: How to Use the Book of Changes to Lead Change.
You already feel the problem. Here is what it is costing you.
One answer for every moment
Most leadership advice says 'be bold' or 'communicate more' whatever is happening. Real change needs different moves at different moments, and the wrong move makes things worse.
Pushing when you should wait
You escalate a blocker for the fourth time, or launch into peak season, because waiting feels like failure. Timing is a skill, and few leaders are taught it.
Plans that never hold
You re-plan every month as if the next plan will be the one that lasts. The purpose is fine; it is the response that needs to change with the situation.
Teams that disagree on where they are
Half the team sees a crisis, half sees a minor delay. Without a shared language for the moment, every meeting restarts the same argument.
Declaring victory too early
The project is 'done' at 94 per cent, and the last six per cent is where it fails. Nearly done is a situation of its own.
Picture the next few weeks with the kit open beside you.
Picture next Monday at 07:45. Before email, you write one line: 'Today feels like 39, Obstruction. Call: prepare.' You notice, almost with relief, that the right move is not a fourth escalation but a look at your own part in the block.
At the team meeting, everyone rates the eight readings in two minutes. As you compare the scores, notice where the widest gap is; that is where the useful conversation starts. The team chooses the card, reads its question aloud and agrees one response and one mistake to avoid.
When the big decision comes, you open the advance-or-hold check before you commit. Imagine telling your steering committee, calmly, 'We are ready, but conditions are not; we hold until the 24th, and here is what we are preparing.'
Twelve weeks from now, whether you began with the morning check or with the Sorter, your Journal will show the path your team has travelled through situations, and the signals that came first. The next turn will not surprise you in the same way.
22 files that do the work for you
The e-book shows you how. The tools make it happen. Here is exactly what you download.
I Ching for Change Leadership (e-book, PDF)
The guide: methods, worked examples, scripts and exercises
Start here: the map of the kit
Two-page map: reflect, don't predict; the daily, weekly and monthly rhythm; which file to open for each leadership moment; your first hour and a 30/60/90-day plan.
I Ching Change Leadership Workbook
Ten-sheet master workbook: settings, 21-principle library, the 64 situations, daily 'what moment is this?' log with streak counter, weekly review, situations log with transitions, monthly team pulse, 12-week programme tracker and a dashboard with an energy-trend chart.
Situation Sorter workbook
The signature diagnostic: 24 questions about your team's current state give eight readings that point to the 3 best-fitting of the 64 situations, with the first move and the mistake to avoid, plus a situation journal, a transition map and a dashboard.
What moment is this? A week per page
Fillable weekly page for the three-minute morning check (situation, call, one action) and the evening five-question conduct check, plus a Friday look-back.
Which situation are we in? Team sheet
Fifteen-minute weekly team check: everyone rates the eight readings, the team compares, chooses the situation card that fits best, and agrees one response and one mistake to avoid.
Change-curve review
Monthly thirty-minute review: place each workstream on the six-line change curve, name the situation it is in and turning into, plan early proof and the next move.
Advance or hold: timing check
Ten-minute timing check for any decision: readiness questions, conditions questions, the call (advance, prepare, hold or withdraw), your line on the change curve and a review date.
Before completion: the last mile checklist
Two-page last-mile checklist for any project or change: what is really finished, the tail and its owners, handover tests, the 30-day check and how to celebrate without declaring victory too early.
Renewal plan (the cauldron)
Two-page renewal plan for after a change: what the new vessel must hold, roles set right, skills to nourish, rituals to keep and retire, shared resources and a 90-day check.
The 64 situations: a one-page-each reference for leaders
All 64 situations, one page each: source line, plain words, the situation at work, signs, response, mistake to avoid, question, action, card number, traditional pairing and Sorter profile.
Leadership scripts and messages
43 exact-words scripts, emails and chat messages for starting, naming the situation, conflict, timing, blocks and release, budget cuts and growth, radical change and completion, each with when to use it.
Facilitator's guide: the change leadership team workshop
Facilitator's guide for a 90-minute and a half-day team workshop on reading the moment: timings, slide outline, exercises with the card deck and the Sorter, debrief questions and follow-up.
Leadership code for times of change
One-page team leadership code to adopt in the workshop: how we name our situation, make timing calls, settle conflict, handle blocks, look after shared resources and finish well.
Principle of the week: 52 team emails
52 short team emails or chat posts (one per card), each with a subject line, one situation and its principle, one question for the week and one action.
AI prompt pack for change leaders
27 tool-agnostic AI prompts grouped by leadership moment (diagnosis, timing, conflict, blocks, resources, radical change, your own case), each with what to paste in and what to check, plus privacy rules.
Worked example pack: Lerato and Project Riverbend
The main forms completely filled in for one composite leader: a morning-check week, the team sheet, the Sorter reading, a timing check, a change-curve review, the last-mile checklist and a renewal plan.
All principles on one page, plus the situation finder
Page 1: the 21 principles in plain words, each with what it does not mean. Page 2: the situation finder decision card, 'if this happens, use this', and the 64 situations by family.
Misreadings and mistakes, and about the source
Page 1: the common misreadings and mistakes when leaders use the Book of Changes. Page 2: about the source: the text, the translation used, how to read it, and reflect, don't predict.
Situation card deck
52 printable situation cards in four suits, one situation and principle per card with its six-line figure, a verbatim source line or an In plain words line, a question, an action and the mistake to avoid, plus a how-to page: choose by diagnosis, never by chance.
12-week programme calendar
45 calendar events for the 12-week programme: the morning check and team email, the weekly team situation check, the weekly review, plus the timing check, change-curve review, workshop, renewal plan and final review.
12-week programme task board import
31 programme tasks ready to import into Trello, Asana, Planner, Notion or Jira, with week, theme, task, file to open and status.
Chapter by chapter
Each chapter opens with a real situation, gives you a method and ends with something to do today, using the tools in your kit.
- Format
- PDF e-book + XLSX + fillable PDF + DOCX + printable PDF + ICS + CSV
- Files
- 22 files plus a one-click ZIP
- E-book
- 69 pages
- Works with
- Excel, Google Sheets, LibreOffice, Word, Google Docs, Acrobat Reader, GoodNotes, Google Calendar, Outlook, Apple Calendar, Trello, Asana, Notion
- Best for
- Managers, team leads, founders, heads of function, HR and L&D leaders leading change
Change Is Constant
The Great Appendix on change, yin and yang as complementary working styles, and why you change the response but keep the purpose.
Reading the Moment: Which Situation Are We In?
The situation library and the Situation Sorter: 24 questions, eight readings and the three best-fitting situations, chosen by diagnosis, never by chance.
Beginnings: Difficulty, Inexperience and Waiting
Difficulty at the beginning, Inexperience and Waiting: sort the threads, build the learning path and wait with purpose.
Conflict, Organising and Holding Together
Settle conflict before the bitter end, organise a big push with clear rules, hold groups together and agree on the big things.
Timing: When to Advance and When to Hold
The six-line change curve and the advance-or-hold check: advance, prepare, hold or withdraw, with a review date.
Obstruction, Exhaustion and Deliverance
When blocked, examine your own part; when drained, act more and talk less; when released, finish early and forgive.
Decrease, Increase and the Well
Cut leaves before roots in lean times, move towards the good in increase, and keep the shared well clean.
The Exemplary Person: Conduct in Every Situation
The exemplary person: words and actions, modesty, endurance and consistency, with a five-question evening conduct check.
Transformation: Radical Change, the Cauldron and the Change Curve
How one situation turns into another, the monthly change-curve review, early proof for radical change and renewing the vessel.
Completion, Before Completion and the 12-Week Programme
Guard the ending, run the last-mile checklist, and build the whole practice into a twelve-week programme.
Not just reading. Tools you will actually open again.
E-book
- I Ching for Change Leadership: Introduction (with 'How to use this kit: reflect, don't predict'), 10 chapters, Conclusion, Appendix A (all 64 situations at a glance) and Appendix B (about the source), with 55 short verbatim quotations from Legge's 1882 translation
Spreadsheets
- Situation Sorter: 24 questions, eight readings, fit scores for all 64 situations, top three with response and mistake to avoid, situation journal, transition map and dashboard
- I Ching Change Leadership Workbook: settings, 21-principle library, the 64 situations, daily 'what moment is this?' log with streak counter, weekly review, situations log, team pulse, 31-action programme tracker and dashboard
Fillable PDF forms
- What moment is this? A week per page
- Which situation are we in? Team sheet
- Change-curve review
- Advance or hold: timing check
- Before completion: the last mile checklist
- Renewal plan (the cauldron)
Word templates
- The 64 situations: a one-page-each reference for leaders
- Leadership scripts and messages: 43 scripts, emails and chat messages
- Facilitator's guide: 90-minute and half-day change leadership workshop
- Leadership code for times of change
- Principle of the week: 52 team emails
- AI prompt pack: 27 tool-agnostic prompts with what to paste in and what to check
- Worked example pack: Lerato and Project Riverbend, every main form filled in
Cheat sheets
- Start here: the map of the kit, first hour and 30/60/90 days
- All 21 principles on one page, plus the situation finder decision card
- Misreadings and mistakes, and about the source
Print, calendar and import
- Situation card deck: 52 cards plus a how-to page
- 12-week programme calendar (45 events) for Google, Outlook or Apple Calendar
- 12-week programme task board (31 tasks) for Trello, Asana, Planner, Notion or Jira
When you have worked through it, you will be able to…
Every outcome is practised with a worked example and a tool, not just described.
- You will be able to name the situation you are in each morning and make a clear call: advance, prepare, hold or withdraw
- You will be able to run a 24-question team diagnostic and choose the best-fitting situation by judgement
- You will be able to run a fifteen-minute weekly team check that gives everyone a shared language for the moment
- You will be able to make timing decisions with a readiness and conditions check and a review date
- You will be able to settle conflict early, organise a big push and hold groups together
- You will be able to handle obstruction, exhaustion and release without blame
- You will be able to plan early proof for radical change and a renewal plan afterwards
- You will be able to finish well with a last-mile checklist and a 30-day check
Know your starting point. Prove your progress.
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Make it a growth plan →A taste of the Introduction
It is 07:40 on a Monday in Johannesburg, and Lerato Mokoena has three messages open. The chief executive wants Project Riverbend, claims handling on a new platform with AI-assisted triage, live in twelve weeks. Two senior assessors in Cape Town have resigned. And the vendor team in Pune says its data feed is "blocked pending security review". Lerato has a plan, a budget and a steering committee. What she lacks is an answer to the question under all three messages: what kind of moment is this? A time to push or to wait? To organise or to repair? Most leadership advice gives one answer for every moment: be bold, communicate more. Real change does not work like that. Monday's right move can be wrong by Thursday, because the situation has turned into another. This kit gives you a library of situations, a way to work out which one you are in, and a response for each.
The honest comparison
| Free templates and typical advice | This kit | |
|---|---|---|
| Approach to change | One model or one answer for every moment | A library of 64 situations, each with a response and a mistake to avoid |
| Diagnosis | Gut feel, or a generic change curve | A 24-question Sorter with eight readings and a top three, plus a weekly team sheet |
| Timing | 'Move fast' or 'wait and see' | An advance-or-hold check with four calls and a review date, and the six-line change curve |
| Use of the source | Fortune-telling, or quotes from popular modern versions | Reflect, don't predict; verbatim public-domain lines only, registered and checked |
| Daily habit | Advice to 'be adaptable' | A morning check, an evening conduct check, a weekly team card and a monthly review, with a dashboard |
| Team use | A book one person reads | A 52-card deck, 52 team emails, a workshop guide and a leadership code |
Made for you if…
- Managers and team leads running a change while still delivering the day job
- Founders and start-up leaders in the tangle of a beginning
- Heads of function leading transformations, mergers, restructures or platform changes
- HR and L&D leaders who facilitate change workshops and leadership programmes
- Leaders of hybrid, global and cross-site teams who need a shared language for 'where we are'
- Senior professionals of any faith or none who value classical philosophy put to practical use
Probably not for you if…
- Anyone looking for divination, coin or yarrow-stalk casting, prediction or fortune-telling: this kit teaches none
- Readers who want a scholarly translation or commentary on the Yijing
- Formal HR processes, legal disputes or mental-health support, which need the right professionals
Built by trainers, tested in real rooms.
Bodhih Training has designed and delivered corporate programmes since 2008. Bodhih Pro Kits package what works in those workshops into a guide plus the exact tools we use, so you can apply it the same day without a facilitator in the room.
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Name the moment tomorrow morning
Write one line before email, 'today feels like...', and run the Sorter with your team this week. Whether you begin with the morning check or the Situation Sorter, you will soon have a shared language for every turn the change takes.
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I Ching for Change Leadership: FAQs
Read the free guideAlready bought? Resend my linkWhat is the I Ching?
The I Ching (Yijing), or Book of Changes, is a classic Chinese text built on 64 six-line figures with short statements, plus commentaries known as the Ten Wings. Its core is traditionally credited to King Wen and the Duke of Zhou and placed by scholars in the Western Zhou period; the commentaries were traditionally attributed to Confucius and are dated later by scholars.
Is this a religious book, or does it teach divination?
Neither. The kit reads the Book of Changes as philosophy and heritage put to work in leadership. It teaches no divination, coin or yarrow-stalk casting, prediction or fortune-telling, and cards are chosen by honest diagnosis, never by chance. It treats the text, and the people who hold it in respect, with care.
Which translation do you use, and why?
Every quotation is copied word for word from James Legge's The Yi King (Sacred Books of the East, volume 16, Oxford, 1882), which is in the public domain. Legge's English is Victorian, so each line is followed by our own plain-words rendering. The 80 quotations are registered and checked; everything else, including the situation names, is Bodhih Training's original writing.
How do I choose the right situation?
Answer the 24 questions in the Situation Sorter. It gives eight readings and compares them with a profile for each of the 64 situations, then shows the three best fits with the response and the mistake to avoid. You read them, talk with your team and choose by judgement.
Why are there 52 cards and 64 situations?
The deck holds 52 situations so a team can use one a week for a year. The other 12 overlap closely with others and are covered in Appendix A of the e-book, the one-page-each reference and the Sorter, which scores all 64.
How do I know when to push and when to wait?
Ask two questions: are we ready, and are the conditions right? Ready and right means advance; right but not ready means prepare; ready but not right means hold; neither means withdraw or reshape. The Advance-or-Hold-Timing-Check form walks you through it and sets a review date.
How do I measure my starting point?
If you want an outside view, AssessAll offers Decision-Making Under Uncertainty, Strategic Thinking & Business Judgment, and Resilience & Stress Management assessments. They are separate products; the kit's own Sorter, Team Pulse and Dashboard track your practice over twelve weeks.
Can I turn this into a development plan?
Yes. At the end of the twelve weeks, take the habits that stuck into a personal development plan. A new quarter is a natural fresh start, and Jobulary (a separate product) explains how to use the fresh-start effect to reset a goal.
Does it replace HR, legal or medical advice?
No. The kit is educational. Job changes, consultation, wellbeing concerns and possible misconduct follow your organisation's process and local law: talk to your HR team, and point people in distress to support such as an employee assistance programme or their doctor.
How does it relate to other Bodhih kits?
It goes deep on reading the moment and leading change. For ten traditions applied to personal life, see Old Wisdom for Modern Days; for a first management role, The First 90 Days as a Manager System; for one-to-ones, delegation, hard feedback and negotiation, the One-to-One and Feedback System, the Delegation and Workload Planner, the Difficult Conversations Kit and the Negotiation and Influence Kit.
How much does I Ching for Change Leadership cost?
₹1,299 including 18% GST for buyers in India, or $34 for buyers outside India. One-time payment, no subscription, with an automatic invoice.
How do I get the files after paying?
Instantly. Your download page opens the moment payment succeeds, and a permanent download link is emailed to you. Download each file separately or everything in one ZIP.
What software do I need?
Any of the usual tools: Excel or Google Sheets for spreadsheets, Word or Google Docs for templates, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Preview, Xodo or GoodNotes for the fillable PDFs, and Google, Outlook or Apple Calendar for the calendar plan.
Can I get a refund?
Because it is a digital download, kits are not refundable once downloaded. We always refund a duplicate charge or a failed delivery, and if a file is corrupted and we cannot fix it within 3 working days. Full terms: bodhih.org/refunds.
Can my company buy this for a team?
Yes. Team and company licences, and workshops on this topic run by Bodhih Training, are available. Write to solutions@bodhih.com or call +91 99000 11601.
