Does your role have a gig-mindset orientation?
Preliminary observations that will be developed in more detail in the final consolidated data report from the on-going Gig Mindset survey:
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Gig Mindset Survey: One More Week
Important: The survey closes Friday 12 October at midnight will stay open one more week. The data summary report will be available to all participants at the end of October. Participate! It only takes 15 minutes.
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Internal Politics and Digital Initiatives: Q&A from MITSloan Webinar
My webinar “Don’t Let politics Block Your Digital Initiatives” triggered high interest and lots of questions. I’m writing a series of posts in response to the questions I did not have the time to answer during the event: “So many questions, so little time!”
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Stories About Cross-Silo Sharing (Q5/23)
Q: How would you know that politics are being managed well enough not to impact the success of the program, apart from just measuring the digital transformation KPI’s? J: Stories beat numbers.
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Visibility and Openness (Q4/23)
Q: What is the difference between normal change management and digital initiatives? J: Digital changes your vision of the world.
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Walk the Talk at the Top (Q3/23)
Q: How do you improve situations where BU managers or others posture alignment for digital platforms to upper management but are not really invested? J: Visibility, visibility, visibility!
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Fear, a Major Challenge. (Q1/23)
Q: What in your opinion is the biggest political challenge in digital transformation? J: Fear is the biggest obstacle.
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Territorial Challenges At The Top (Q2/23)
Q: On what level of the organization do you see most of the internal politics happen? J: At the top and near the top.
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Bring the Outside In (Q6/23)
Q: What are your views on dealing with senior executives who downplay digital? How can you create a change that goes in the right direction? J: Bring the outside in. Show what’s going on in the world.
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“Internal Politics and Digital Initiatives” Slide Deck
Here are the slides used during the webinar I did with MITSloan in July. The attendees had lots of good questions and I’m writing up the ones there was no time to answer. Stay tuned! How to handle internal politics that block digital initiatives from Jane McConnell
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