Sabotaging a Transformation:Myriad Ways Organizations Inhibit Transformation-Fred George #AgileIndia
Channel: ConfEngine
Date: 2023-03-26

Transformations are difficult, and often simply fail. After all, change is usually disruptive. Even an organization that wants to embrace change can see mediocre results. The underlying causes vary from ignorance on how to transform, to full and hostile resistance. In this talk, we will discuss the various causes and the strategies we have used as outside consultants to overcome (or at least mitigate) this resistance to change, and create meaningful transformations with our clients.
Transformation efforts must overcome a myriad of challenges to achieve success. Some of the inhibitors we will discuss include:

 Executives unaware of the transformation
 Failure to engage all the necessary parties
 Individuals losing power with the transformation
 New roles and disappearing roles
 Lack of an effective Change Agent
 Success conservatism
 Lazy buyers
 Blame-oriented cultures

For each of these inhibitors, we will cite a) situations where this occurred, b) mitigation actions to overcome the inhibitor, and c) the effectiveness of these efforts. We will conclude by suggesting some best practices we are currently employing in anticipation of likely inhibitors, including our newest proposal process of only selling complete solutions to our clients (not just body-shopping people).

More details: https://confengine.com/conferences/agile-india-2023/proposal/18001

Conference Link: https://2023.agileindia.org