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– the aim is to write a “book” with many authors based on real experiences (not just theories!).
Thanks for dropping by, Nigel.
| *** This is about Change Design. Put simply:
Solve difficult problems, design novel solutions,
and plot the path to change.
( trying to avoid the ‘DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION’ buzz-phrase – but this stuff APPLIES! )
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Change Design is not this kind of process: |
It’s this kind of process:
The Change Design cycle is much like John Boyd’s OODA loop.
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The symbols stand for four focus areas:
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These represent the thinking process
before
a BIG change.
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I’ll be showing how to use different tools are used to: think, share & innovate with colleagues. And I’ll be using real-world examples and patterns to do that. I’ll also explain exactly what the four focus areas mean as I describe each tool. All of these tools have been designed and used collaboratively by smart pragmatists from many different walks of life.
Here’s a starter-for-ten tools inventory.
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The author’s guiding question:
“Can the value be explained
in just a few minutes?”
The author’s guiding question:
“Can the value be explained
in just a few minutes?”
The tools for change design must be as easy to explain, understand and use.
They are designed for ‘learning-by-doing”: they provide a set of non-prescriptive guides – not a methodology.
Recomnended reading.
A couple of quotes Dan Ward’s F.I.R.E. sums up the same approach:
“FIRE is all about helping people make good decisions as we design and create new things. Accordingly, this book presents a set of practical heuristics – rules of thumb designed to help actual people make good decisions. These little guidlines don’t dictate behaviour; nor do they represent a step by step formula”.
“The heuristic approach echoes Visa CEO Dee Hock’s explanation of how he succeeded in founding the Visa credit card association:
We have no precise plan, only a clear sense of direction“.
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“The heuristic approach echoes Visa CEO Dee Hock’s explanation of how he succeeded in founding the Visa credit card association:
We have no precise plan, only a clear sense of direction“.
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The Audience & Why They Should Be Interested
The audience is anybody leading, planning or designing, projects involving multiple aspects of change:
The audience is anybody leading, planning or designing, projects involving multiple aspects of change:
- Political – What are the political factors that are likely to affect the organization?
- Economic – What are the economic factors that will affect the organization?
- Sociological – What cultural aspects likely to affect the organization?
- Technological – What technological changes that may affect the organization?
- Legal – What current and impending legislation that will affect the organization?
- Environmental – What are the environmental considerations that may affect the organization?
These tools are not just for technologists or Enterprise Architects – they are for anyone tackling change:
- Business Analysts
- Business Architects
- Business Strategists
- Enterprise Architects
- Digital Transformation Leaders
- Teachers
- Students
- Economists
- Ecologists
- Organisational Development Specialists
- Quality Managers
… or anyone trying to unknot a tangled problem, and/or who’s looking for novel solutions.
The tools and patterns described come from working with small & large businesses, and government organizations, in many different countries & cultures. As a result, unlike other formal methodologies, they are very easy to learn, use, and share; they don’t require lengthy training courses and expensive certifications. The examples and patterns are all based on real-world situations, and describe the outcomes delivered in each case.
- Political – What are the political factors that are likely to affect the organization?
- Economic – What are the economic factors that will affect the organization?
- Sociological – What cultural aspects likely to affect the organization?
- Technological – What technological changes that may affect the organization?
- Legal – What current and impending legislation that will affect the organization?
- Environmental – What are the environmental considerations that may affect the organization?
These tools are not just for technologists or Enterprise Architects – they are for anyone tackling change:
- Business Analysts
- Business Architects
- Business Strategists
- Enterprise Architects
- Digital Transformation Leaders
- Teachers
- Students
- Economists
- Ecologists
- Organisational Development Specialists
- Quality Managers
… or anyone trying to unknot a tangled problem, and/or who’s looking for novel solutions.
The tools and patterns described come from working with small & large businesses, and government organizations, in many different countries & cultures. As a result, unlike other formal methodologies, they are very easy to learn, use, and share; they don’t require lengthy training courses and expensive certifications. The examples and patterns are all based on real-world situations, and describe the outcomes delivered in each case.
The tools use simple, everyday, language & metaphors that people will easiliy understand, regardless of who they are, or where they come from.
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The tools use simple, everyday, language & metaphors that people will easiliy understand, regardless of who they are, or where they come from.
A Request:
Please help me improve the thinking by adding your comments to my posts as they happen, or whenever you might feel the urge to share a thought, or have a favourite story, thinking tool, or picture.
Thanks – Nigel Green.
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Links to related posts:
The Found In Design blog is the unbook sequel – contribute you could be in it!
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