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!”
Read MoreHere 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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How can you protect your digital initiatives from internal political damage? “Neutralize Internal Politics in Digital Initiatives” was originally published by MIT Sloan Management Review October 13th, 2017.
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How can you build the right balance between global and local needs, desk-less and desk workers, and the center and the edges? If you can get it right, it will change the DNA of your organization to one of genuine inclusiveness. You will fortify the sense of common purpose and belonging.
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This is a collection of the top 10 articles I’ve written about Organizational Change.
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I participated in a workshop some time ago with a big global company that is often held up as an example of how to go digital. Their HQ is in the US but our workshop took place in France. (NDA signed, sorry!) When we were having drinks at the hotel bar at the end of the day, I noticed several people taking photos of their bar bills. I asked why. The answer was that all they had to do to get reimbursed was to upload the photo using a special app. Nothing to fill out. No sign off to get from their managers. A friendly process, indeed! I asked: “And they trust you?” The answer: “Yes, but they can always check if they need to. So far they haven’t.”
Read MoreYou can do a self-assessment of your own digital workplace and see where you stand compared to other organizations and specifically those within your own sector or industry. This is based on a 3-level maturity scale defined from the digital workplace framework.
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Working out Loud, a mindset independent of technology “Monday’s Notes” – at NASA in the 1960’s Wernher von Braun, head of the Marshall Space Flight Center (part of NASA) set up a system for working out loud. Most people do not know this case because (1) it happened half a century ago, and (2) it is not sexy or media-worthy as there is no technology involved. It’s all based on paper, pens and a duplicating machine.
Read MoreI spoke at the i2Sumit 2017 in Zurich last week. I would summarize my presentation in two words: People lead! I talked about how people start movements in organizations, and organizations run to catch up (or not!). I demonstrate with data how top-down decision-making for digital initiatives is still too common, and how it triggers internal politics. Organization in the Digital Age i2summit17 from Jane McConnell
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