How to help the IT department reduce cost by quantifying and demonstrating better performance
We are a nation moving towards a digital world, and with the continuous growth in technology - and thanks to ecommerce - most industries operate their business inside a circuit of globalised market systems. It is difficult now to even imagine a world in which IT did not exist, and everything was done by hand. Thank goodness for change.
Change Management in the Supply Chain
For as long as we have known, the business environment has seen change resulting in an increase in the need to make corresponding changes in the businesses system. Many businesses who are slow - or fail in their endeavour to implement change - often get left behind, which can in some cases be detrimental to their survival.
Why story-telling is important for Business Change
Storytelling is an incredible tool. Powerful minds continue to tell us stories to strengthen and celebrate existing cultures within our society. Stories have the ability to provide continuity in our lives, and convey a sense of history and heritage.
Successful Change Management using Kotter’s Change Management Model
Whether you're considering a system-wide company change or something a few degrees smaller, it’s natural to feel intimidated or uneasy by the potential challenges that might involve. There aren’t many people out there who like change.
How Agile and Change Management fit together
In these difficult times, many businesses have seen more disruption than they’ve ever known. This has highlighted an urgency for change in many ways. Across the business world, initiatives are being put in place, and for many these cannot come soon enough. Lots of businesses are holding on by a thread in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, with many knuckling down and holding on tight for an unpredictable amount of time.
What is change management and why is it important?
Many contemporary organisations struggle with creating sustainable and meaningful change. Unfortunately, relevant and information-dense research is not made easily accessible regarding change management principles and processes, which further exacerbates the issue. So what is change management, and why is it important?
Thinking about shifting to a product and platform technology operating model?
Have you ever come across the term product and platform technology operating model? If not, you should be aware that it is rapidly taking over from the more well known models that are associated with projects linked to function driven IT delivery.
Integrating brand and culture
We’ve known the importance of brand for a really long time, but what we haven’t realised until more recently is how our company culture impacts that. Companies like Google and Starbucks are really the driving forces behind this kind of innovation. Their company cultures are clear to see. Their staff all behave in a similar way, their offices and branches are similarly decorated, and they know how to make their company culture clear to their clients. This subconsciously makes us feel safe and secure. Most of us like their branding, and this is driven by their culture, which makes us feel secure and taken care of.
Post-pandemic trends in M&A
It’s been a funny year or so, especially in business. There aren’t many who can say their business hasn’t been impacted in some way or other. Either you were one of those essential services everyone suddenly needed, or you were catastrophically impacted through loss of business.
How business transformation has accelerated amidst Covid-19
Transformation is a continuous journey and constant process, which changes the way businesses operate and how people choose to work on a daily basis. During the global pandemic, more urgent changes have been forcibly imposed, and have been particularly bestowed upon working behaviours. It means transformation has been quick and unexpected in these unprecedented times.