Change: Threat or Opportunity

Change: Threat or Opportunity

The adage of “Change is the only constant” rings even louder in this era. Digital business transformations are solely about change. How an organization, and its people, look at change is tantamount to the transformation effort’s success or failure.  Too often, change...
OCM: CREATE/EXECUTE CHANGE MANAGEMENT PLAN(S)

OCM: CREATE/EXECUTE CHANGE MANAGEMENT PLAN(S)

“The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do.” — Amelia Earhart  Here we are, at the creation and execution of the Change Management Plan. We have Identified...
OCM: CHANGE IMPACT ASSESSMENT

OCM: CHANGE IMPACT ASSESSMENT

“The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence – it is to act with yesterday’s logic.” — Peter Drucker  After the Change Readiness Assessment, we endeavor to understand the impact of changes required to achieve the objectives of a business...
OCM: CHANGE READINESS ASSESSMENT

OCM: CHANGE READINESS ASSESSMENT

“The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.” — William Arthur Ward  An organizational Change Readiness Assessment is a set of tasks completed to identify how prepared an...
OCM: Employ & Engage Stakeholders

OCM: Employ & Engage Stakeholders

In my last post, we discussed the Identification of Stakeholders. With that, you should have a better view of the landscape now, and it is time to start Engaging Stakeholders, or more succinctly, validation, and placement within the overall roadmap of an initiative....