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10 hard truths of change management

CIO Business Intelligence

The days of one-off change management initiatives are over. Rather than tackle organizational change management with an end in mind, IT leaders and their organizations must now exist in an environment of persistent flux. . “In You can change more if you don’t care who gets the credit.

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The Digital Organizations with High Changeability

Future of CIO

Change purposes, methodologies, and practices should be updated and well understood, you must understand the concept of the true meaning of the nonlinear organizational dynamic. Therefore, Change Management is never for its own sake, change without good reason and adding value is futile and useless.

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The Board Directors as the Digital Movers & Shakers

Future of CIO

How should the board of directors act as the digital movers and shakers to catalyze change and leading digital transformation. Ask tough questions about changes: The highly effective board ask tough questions about changes. Change without good reason and adding value is futile and useless.

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Leading Change by Questioning

Future of CIO

The big WHY question - ”Why do we have to change?” is important to understand the strategic imperative about the changes. Creating a compelling reason for change is something that companies often miss and a change program is then initiated without an anchor.

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CIOs as “Chief Insight Officer”: Do you Have “Appreciative Eyes”

Future of CIO

IT leaders with “appreciative eyes” know the value of anticipated benefits and deliverables from changes. From a finance perspective, the better the quality of change management program, the more anticipated benefits, and deliverables will be achieved.

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How to Build a Organization with High Changeability

Future of CIO

Are sponsors open to failures at team/project/program/strategy levels? Do middle-level managers act as process police or guidelines provider? An agile organization is one that is open to change and can adapt readily when change is needed : The defining characteristic of being agile is that it can adapt readily when change is needed.

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List of the world’s top female futurists (Update #5)

Trends in the Living Networks

With a PhD in Planning and Innovation Studies, and a Master’s degree in Architecture, Urban Design and Urban Planning, Karuri-Sebina has a sound knowledge base for her work as Executive Manager of programs at the South African Cities Network. She assists business leaders to adapt job design and workspaces to new ways of working.

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