Tag: change
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Digital Transformation Fatigue, and how to get over it – DOGE case study
This is the story of most large IT transformation/modernization efforts. Once the executives that started it leaves, it stops. Then a new one comes in that does almost the opposite. Put all your apps in the cloud, bring all your apps on-premises. Tide goes out, tide comes in. That pattern of course fuels staff “modernization…
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Actually changing is what matters most
If you make huge changes to how your under performing business works, there’s a good chance you’ll improve things. That applies whether you introduce a new tool – like AI – or not. Just changing how you run meetings for example is a big enough change that could have massive effects. You could say the…
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– Embracing Antifragility: Building Resilient Products in an Uncertain World – You can read this as a take on what it means to be a “learning organization.” As ever, the hardest, most mysterious, least airport business book-ized topic is “how do we change from ‘traditional’ to this whiz-bang method?”
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Exit, Voice, and Loyalty – “The Exit, Voice and Loyalty model states that members of an organization, whether a business, a nation or any other form of human grouping, have essentially two possible responses when they perceive that the organization is demonstrating a decrease in quality or benefit to the member: they can exit (withdraw…
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This apple has a butt
Never use slide notes Relative to your interests Organize Your Change Initiative Around Purpose and Benefits – ‘An easy method of finding a change project’s purpose is to continuously ask, “Why are we doing the project?” Usually, you need to ask this question three to four times to get to the core purpose.’ // Does…
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If you’re not changing tools, you’re not changing
All Talk, No Tools I like heuristics you can use to figure out what’s “really” going on at work (well, in any system, I guess). When it comes to Big Change, one of the heuristics I like to use is to ask if the organization is using new tools. My colleague Bryan Ross has a…
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Change takes a long time – This is my new thing after five years of talking with large companies about digital transformation: it just takes a long time. There’s usually a lack of urgency, but this is a benefit for most of those large companies. The employees, management, and share holders want stability, predictability. Also,…
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Change Fatigue In Digital Transformation: Where Has All The Value Gone? – Ways to keep the digital transformation alive: Contextualize business outcomes; Share the effort; Share the value; Conduct holistic load management; Target smaller, more frequent wins; Have a playbook; If you can, adjust incentives.
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Cynical Tactics for Change Management, Summer Hurry Up And Wait
Scroll to the bottom for my daughter’s favorite joke. Cynical Tactics for Change Management Most people don’t want to change. And why would they? What they’ve done to this point has been successful: they’re still here! Most people want stability in their day-to-day life, not the risks of trying new things all the time. So…
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How to write better copy for the while “digital transformation” urgency, “change or die” thing
Two pieces of writing advice for when your goal is to communicate, not (just) entertain. Scroll to the bottom for a Yacht Rock playlist. Hold the reader’s hand Here’s a piece of writing advice that seems annoying at first, but is especially needed in most non-fiction books: tell people what you’re about to tell them,…
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Coté’s Commonplace Book – Issue #53
Excuses to keep doing exactly the same thing, if not even less. From The Fight Between Carnival and Lent. Original content Software Defined Talk Episode #326: Just Jump In — www.softwaredefinedtalk.com This week we recap Datadog’s announcements, discuss Sequoia’s investment pivot and hot takes on Facebook’s intent to rebrand. Plus, some thoughts on heated pools……
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Reluctance to change – Notebook
I’ve proposed an open spaces for DevOpsDays Amsterdam, 2021. The idea is: The DevOps community pushes for people to change how they think and operate. When it comes to working better, we have proven tools, techniques, and even big picture ways of thinking like CALMS. You’re more than likely eager to try these new things,…
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Link: The Fast and Slow of Design
On the top layer there is rapid change. On the bottom, change happens at a glacial pace. It’s this combination of everything, from seconds at the top, to millennia at the bottom, that give resilience to the system. And: A key concept to this is that each layer has to respect the pace of another.…
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Link: Get Up, Stand Up! Changing the world with posters
Those are some good looking posters. Original source: Get Up, Stand Up! Changing the world with posters
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Link: Driving Diversity Change In a “Problematic” World
“If you’ve ever had to plan a long project — getting to the end state can seem so difficult and impossible. The work that takes to get there is painful and fraught with peril and compromises. We think the path to success looks like a nice, neat flowchart. We think change comes from the top down, or…
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\”Hell is other people,\” but don’t let that stop you
> Lot and lots of discussion about culture and culture change. This discussion has been going on since forever, and if we are being frank with ourselves, it isn’t going to change dramatically soon. > > So what to do? Don’t lets make the culture change discussion stop us from doing things. Have a go,…
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