Practical Guide to Transformative Change Making Marc Saxer Version 2.0, June 2017 When technological, economic or social change is transforming society, but effective mechanisms to shape these transformations are missing, crises can occur. Transformation crises are confusing. Why do so many resist change? Can yesterday’s opponents become tomorrow’s allies? Where is the entry point for action? Transformative Change Making(TCM) introduces a new method to build the alliances needed to tackle such transformation crises. TCM uses strategically crafted narratives and well-designed catalytic projects as vehicles of transformative change. The narrative provides a platform onto which a broad societal alliance can come together. The catalytic projects build networks of trust, give entry points for action, and lend credibility to the change narrative. TCM strengthens the ability of policy makers to reach out to broader constituencies, encourages private sector contribution to the common good, builds the strategic capacity of civil society, accesses knowledges across silos, and builds political literacy of all stakeholders. TCM is a work in progress. So far, the method has been successfully used to facilitate reform processes in India, Pakistan, and Thailand. This revised practical guide is meant to give practitioners an easy to use introduction to a new way of making change.