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Despite customer demand, competitive pressure, market trends, and sheer logic… many organizations are still not prepared nor able to successfully undergo their digital transformation. Forrester in their “The State Of Digital Business 2015 To 2020” reported that only an average … Continue reading What to do when your organization is not ready for Digital Transformation
EXAMPLE: SMALL CITY FOOD BANK Let’s look at an example of how HEARTBEAT could be applied in the context of a small city Food Bank using in this case a weekly cadence. Week 1: [1 PURPOSE] On Monday morning, a group of three staff in the Food Sourcing team sits down together for 20 minutes. They reflect on the mission of their organization and few visitor stories from past week. It’s winter and they notice an emerging need in visitors needing fresh produce. They simply write down three things commonly asked for: citrus fruit, apples, local vegetables. [2 SIMPLIFY] On … Continue reading HEARTBEAT EXAMPLE 1
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You’ve worked so hard at creating a change in your organization? How do you maintain or even increase the momentum? The novelty and initial excitement will fizz out. But here is some science to guide us. 1. When it comes … Continue reading 3 dead guys, 4 laws, and the momentum of change
There is a movement afoot in social sciences. It’s called Social Physics (also called Digital Sociology). Social sciences long accused to be “more art than science” are using big data to settle the old-age argument of nature vs nurture. Let’s … Continue reading Social Physics, Gene Mapping, Big Data, and the Next Great Challenge
How can we predict is a specific change will in fact occur and to what extent? Here is an equation to help you understand various dynamics involved and foresee what is likely to happen. Let’s brake this down Change is … Continue reading Formula for predicting CHANGE
Hey managers! Interviews are a key step in hiring great people. Yet the practice of interviewing potential candidates in many companies has not evolved since the 70’s. After interviewing ~500 candidates in my last 15 years as marketing / IT manager, I … Continue reading Managers: 5 Ways to Evolve How U Interview Candidates
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