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Jun10

Matt May on Leading Change

Change management has been on my mind of late as I prepare for an upcoming presentation on EPM Tool deployments.  Here’s a particularly relevant post from Matt May, who wrote the Elegant Solution, one of my favorite books on innovation (the other one being Berkun’s Myths).  He also wrote In Pursuit of Elegance, from which I pinched part of the fractals discussion for another upcoming presenta...
Posted by Andrew Lavinsky on Thursday, 10 Jun 2010 07:25.
0 Comments | Categories: Organizational Change

 
Jan25

Why You Should Care About ITIL…

I’ve had a couple of ITIL conversations as of late…mostly centering around the question of what exactly it is.  I’ve given the standard response as to British government best practices on IT operations supported by a vibrant collection of user groups around the world.  That never seemed to resonate. Then I was chatting with an ex-oilfield equipment sales representative, and I was trying to fin...
Posted by Andrew Lavinsky on Monday, 25 Jan 2010 06:59.
0 Comments | Categories: Organizational Change, Operations

 
Oct5

A Cyclical View of Organizations

Autumn is when I first landed in Beijing back in 1995, and for some reason, the September/October time frame always brings back memories of chipped teeth on candied hawthorn, blustery Siberian windstorms - and two week holidays three times a year.  In the spirit of the season, I proffer up this story. A couple of years ago, I was delivering Microsoft Project desktop training for a private clie...
Posted by Andrew Lavinsky on Monday, 5 Oct 2009 02:02.
0 Comments | Categories: Deployment, Organizational Change

 
Oct1

Shmula: Why Transformation Efforts Fail

Pete Abilla has a good series going on his blog with a look at barriers to organizational transformation.  Part 1 didn’t do much for me, but Part 2 definitely started to pique my interest. Part 1: http://www.shmula.com/1466/turnaround-and-change-management-do-not-waste-a-good-crisis Part 2: http://www.shmula.com/1510/why-transformation-efforts-fail...
Posted by Andrew Lavinsky on Thursday, 1 Oct 2009 06:49.
0 Comments | Categories: Organizational Change