People and organisations will inevitably face change. While it's a natural - and perfectly understandable - response to try to avoid the unknown, staying on top of change is the most recommended way to approach it. So what are we seeing by way of the drivers for change? What are the environmental or external factors creating shifting sands for both individuals and organisations? In this week's Saturday Catch-up we look into the drivers of change.
Firstly, let's go back to when we wrapped up 2023 with a progress review of our industry's ability to embrace innovation. Challenging Traditions: Insights from a Market Embracing Innovation discussed a fundamental shift in market power bases. If businesses are not yet agile, or agile 'enough', then they're going to be stunned by the potential to be left behind in coming years. Market behaviour is moving away from support for traditional business structures, less concerned with size and scale, and more interested in innovation, satisfaction, customisation, self-service, transparency and diversity than ever before. Where we used to be able to say "that's not how we do it", if those words have left your mouth recently, then chances are you've just passed up the next big opportunity.
Big Change and what it means for all the other changes published 2 February 2024 talked about how broader global change impacted change in the world of work. In this post we explore how the wider world has been constantly in flux, either moving forward at a rapid pace, or moving backwards into pain or corruption, drivers of change having taken on new dimensions. We know we can't contain change at an individual level and now we're learning we need to do much better at managing change as a global force.
You can't look past the need for digital adoption in amongst drivers of change. Understanding Change Management's Vital Role in Supporting AI and Digital Adoption published on 12 June 2024 explores AI and digital tooling as drivers of change, and how change management plays a vital and continuing role in supporting adoption.
An operating model refresh may be the result of an examination of external market opportunities, or driven by internal realignments or other factors. In Transforming Your Operating Model for Change Success from 14 June 2024, we saw how operating model change has been progressively recognised as a significant tool that can propel change outcomes forward. Evaluating and transforming your operating model can lead to increased efficiency and, coupled with other change activities, increased success.
Finally, our aggregated response to change can be a driver in itself. In Bridging the Generation Gap: Navigating Change Across Different Age Groups from May 8, 2024, we discussed how typical workplaces are made up of at least four distinct generations. Generations influence markets differently through their buying and adoption behaviour. We looked at how to successfully bridge differences in understanding and preferences across the generations.
That's what's been driving us in this week's Saturday Catch-Up: Drivers of Change
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