In August 2003, Chris De Wolfe and Tom Anderson founded Myspace, a social network they envisioned would allow ordinary music buffs to communicate with their favorite musicians. Its success was undeniable—the popularity of Myspace skyrocketed year after year following...
Creating Product Roadmaps for Your Software Portfolio
COVID-19 accelerated the process of digital transformation for many enterprises. To meet the demands of today’s competitive business environment, organizations are integrating digital technologies and business applications at an accelerating pace. Yet with more and...
The Elusive Promise of Managed Change
I love the work of change management because it is messy, unpredictable, and deeply personal. Humans, when taken individually, are complex and full of surprises. But aggregate the expected behavior of 10, 50, or even 10,000 humans and the possible outcomes are...
Communication Strategies to Combat Change Fatigue
The phrase “the only constant is change” may be an understatement for what our labor force has been experiencing since 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic ushered in dramatic changes to the ways in which we both work and live. Changes in the workplace were particularly...
Digitization Does Not Equal Digital Transformation
The U.S. economy is integrating digital technologies at an accelerating pace. In a detailed analysis of changes to the digital component of 545 occupations covering 90% of the American workforce across all industries since 2001, a Brookings Institute report determined...
How to Apply Organizational Change Management in Agile Implementations
While the factors leading to success or failure of an IT project are many, the choice of an appropriate development methodology is among the most important. These days, most companies are choosing to use “Waterfall,” “Agile,” or some combination of the two. The...
An Integrated Approach to Organizational Change Management
The digital revolution is fueling a rapid increase in both data volume and complexity that is fundamentally changing how people work, think and address challenges. Industry leading organizations looking to capitalize on this paradigm shift are reinventing business...