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Managing Business Transformation
12 Things to Effectively Manage Business Transformation Recognise the need Assign a Sponsor Assign a dedicated project/programme manager Build early awareness Identify cross-organisation stakeholders Include stakeholders in solution design Create a change management...
Components of Successful Business Transformation
What Other People on the Web are Saying PLUS 1. Recognise the Need to Change 2. Share Your Jigsaw Lid 3. Invest in the Right Capabilities and Competencies 4. Allow Enough Time 5. Authentic Leadership 6. Communicate and Engage 7. Use a Governance Framework to Manage...
Challenges of Business Transformation
The Difference Between Global And Local Large corporations, especially those that are global, tend to grow via acquisitions. The result is a patchwork of different companies and sub-groups that have evolved over time and have their own unique ways of tackling similar...
Is Strategy the Key to Business Transformation
It isn’t necessarily strategy but the reasons for undertaking business transformation are rooted in a wide variety of causes such as changes in the market environment, technology or other things. Strategy - The Guiding Star? It’s a solid principle of business that you...
When Business Isn’t Working
So Your Business Isn’t Working In the present circumstances obviously that might be due to COVID lockdown and no opportunity to produce/sell. On the other hand it might also be due to other systemic factors. The question is - how are you going to deal with it from...
Dealing With COVID-19 in Business
There are some useful things that can be done to mitigate the impacts of COVID-19. Using the Learning What’s pretty apparent is that having to face the COVID-19 coronavirus has forced a lot of learning onto a lot of people and organisations. For example the UK...
A Cheese Shop Sketch
I never imagined that 47 years after first meeting John Cleese I’d be writing a rather different version of a Cheese Shop sketch. But that’s the crazy world we live in - and businesses do seem to have a habit of doing crazy things from time to time. Do You Believe...
Top Tips to Make Business Transformation Go Smoothly
Get your ducks in a row Be clear Make engagement a constant Plan for certainty Make your governance process transparent Be meticulous about managing dependencies Practise what you preach Get Your Ducks In A Row When you start the transformation journey there will be...
Turning Around Business Transformation
5 steps First PAUSE 1. Re-examine the root causes 2. Check the designed solution 3. Produce a revised plan RESTART the Transformation activity 4. Take action and implement 5. Review the outcome Things Aren’t Working This may be a gut feeling or you may have...