Förändring was founded by Sonny Kortzman, a transformation specialist with over two decades of leadership in strategic operations, organizational change, and executive execution. Holding dual MBAs and certifications in Lean, Six Sigma, project management, agile, and change leadership, Sonny brings proven technical depth and enterprise-scale experience.
His work spans both public and private sectors, with senior roles including Chief Operating Officer, Managing Project Manager, and Region Manager. He has led organizations through operational disruption and systemic change—reversing multimillion-dollar losses, delivering digital transformations for 35,000+ end users, and executing recovery initiatives with large cross-functional teams across borders.
Sonny's experience includes engagements with TELUS, the BC Public Service Agency, PCL Construction, Halliburton, Volvo, Flint Energy, and Finning. He serves on academic and industry panels, including an alumni advisory role with the Australian Institute of Business and is a Chartered Manager with CIM Chartered Managers Canada.
Through Förändring, this experience drives transformation strategy and implementation focused on actionable plans and successful outcomes.
About Förändring's Founder
Founder's Intent
Transformations are flawed, with modern research indicating an average failure rate of 70% across all industries. As a serial solver, this presented an intellectual and practical challenge, given that change management has existed formally since 1947 and currently includes numerous contemporary approaches.
Following an objective analysis of transformation, and the discarding of entrenched myths and beliefs about its causes, effects, and mechanisms, several conclusions emerged:
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Transformation efforts need to be more implementation-focused and less assessment-driven.
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Simplicity must be reinstated as complexity is too often mistaken for efficacy.
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Change must be designed around how the recipient is affected by the change event.
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Transformation approaches must reflect today’s condition and be designed for the complexities of modern, digital-first organizations.
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Transformation needs to be specialized and intentional by both internal and external entities, as it is too often treated as an afterthought or secondary offering.
Förändring was built to specialize in transformation diagnosis, architecture, and implementation. It was forged to be simple, practical, and actionable—focused on delivering successfully implemented results.
What Sets Förändring Apart
Förändring is built on the depth of decades of transformation experience across operational, organizational, strategic, and digital contexts. This includes hands-on leadership in Lean and Six Sigma initiatives, organizational restructures, strategic repositioning, and complex, expansive digital shifts.
The credentials match the practice: dual MBAs, certifications in Prosci and Change Guides methodologies, and formal project management training. But it’s the structured thinking that matters most. Förändring distinguishes what happens before a project decision from what must happen after. It separates diagnosis from architecture, and architecture from implementation. That discipline shapes every engagement.
Förändring challenges the status quo with an approach that both complements contemporary models and stands on its own. Its clients are leaders and practitioners capable and committed to evolving beyond historical tradition.