Kerman University of Medical Sciences International Journal of Health Policy and Management 2322-5939 11 12 2022 12 01 From Implementation Towards Change Management: A Plea for a Multi-stakeholder View on Innovation Implementation; Comment on “What Managers Find Important for Implementation of Innovations in the Healthcare Sector – Practice Through Six Management Perspectives” 3118 3124 4287 10.34172/ijhpm.2022.7202 EN Monika Martens Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium Department of Family Medicine and Population Health (FAMPOP), Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium 0000-0002-1432-0684 Hilario Lorenzo Xin Chen Former McKinsey & Company, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Josefien Van Olmen Department of Family Medicine and Population Health (FAMPOP), Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium Journal Article 2022 02 25 <span class="fontstyle0">In their 2021 paper, Palm and Persson Fischier focus on the enabling factors that can facilitate innovation implementation, specifically the step of moving from idea generation to implementation in a healthcare context. The authors address the lack of concretisation of theoretical perspectives related to the implementation of innovations and hence propose to work holistically with six management perspectives. Our commentary provides new interdisciplinary angles to the six perspectives, from management and organisation literature to theory of change management. This provides future innovation managers with different viewpoints and inspires creative thinking and reflection. Our commentary also critiques the emphasis on the enablers and hence a constructionist-based approach to change management. We plea that a focus on the ‘good, bad, and ugly’—or rather all moods of change—is warranted in order to support holistic and successful change.</span> https://www.ijhpm.com/article_4287_7ad0ddfd815b4f0844de0a79800a9b05.pdf