Take a bespoke approach to business transformation
Intelligent technologies are accelerating the pace of change in the world. How people live their lives has shifted. As customers, our digital, hyper-networked lives demand organisations pre-empt our every wish. Keeping up with this new world continues to be the ultimate goal, meaning organisations must forever look ahead and continuously evolve.
There's an opportunity for those that take a new approach to transformation. An approach that delivers benefits continuously, not just at the end. But doing so takes sustained effort around a bespoke transformation strategy, not a single change programme.
The standard approach to transformation can't meet the challenges of the fast-paced change demanded today - outcomes are needed more quickly. With continued change now the norm, organisations must create a bespoke transformation approach that fits their shifting needs.
The thing about change is that it's contextual. This means there isn't a single way to transform – every organisation must choose the right approach for them, based on their strategy, culture and priorities. When working with transformation or change directors, we focus on five principles to guide a successful transformation:
Define your future and make it compelling, engaging and inspiring
Create the new reality, take the first steps to build confidence in delivery
Respond rapidly and adjust your approach to make decisions quickly
Empower networked leadership to accelerate the pace of change
Embed the transformation
to create an enduring capability
What's most important to you? Explore the scenarios below and begin to design your transformation.
You'll need to have a clear view of what you want to deliver yet remain flexible and adjust delivery as you go. Leadership will have a significant role in your success. You'll need them to focus on ensuring your transformation is embedded and continues to land across all areas of your business.
You need your people to buy in to the transformation to get all the benefit – so they must be clear on why you're changing and what you are aiming for.
Stability, consistency and clarity will be key to ensuring your delivery teams continue to drive value.
Investing time in development, testing, continually reviewing and adjusting your requirements helps ensure you’ve comprehensively checked your design.
You’ll need support from leaders and managers at every level to ensure you don’t create new risks as you go. Building transformation capability throughout your organisation makes risk reduction a natural way of working.
You need to have an outline of your future, then think big and scale fast. Consider using Scaled Agile techniques to start delivering real business value immediately.
You'll need visionary leaders that inspire action, and get everyone pulling in the same direction throughout the transformation.
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