Transformation, Transformation, Transformation
I’ve been working on…
- More finessing of those Digital Transformation Principles I wrote up last week. Should be doing the rounds amongst colleagues this coming week as we open up discussion and see who can help move the conversation along.
- I was reminded that doing big hardware orders is a time consuming (mind numbing) process. Trying to nail down the right thing for the right price takes ages, especially due to the Brexit price hike. Whatever happened to ‘Bring Your Own Device’?
- We did an organisational SWOT analysis this week to help inform the business strategy. It’s always really interested to sit a in room with a random mix of co-workers and observe how others perceive things. We’ve been promised a collated version of feedback from all the SWOT session, so will be good to see what sort of themes emerge.
I’ve been reading…
- Here’s a brilliant real world example of taking a bog standard repairs system and enhancing it with user centred service design. https://oxfordcitycouncil.github.io/blog/2017/02/04/repair-my-house
- Why do strategies fail? Cross organisational collaboration, lack of agility and poor communication are three good and very familiar reasons for most people.
https://hbr.org/2015/03/why-strategy-execution-unravelsand-what-to-do-about-it - Are you better off knowing a little bit about a lot of things, or a lot about a few things? I think about this a lot as a former technical specialist who now draws things liberally from anywhere.
https://medium.com/the-mission/the-rise-of-the-neo-generalist-5da52116b743#.sce0tw976 - Dyfrig Williams is working out loud whilst trying to get a handle on Open Data for audit purposes. Worth following along with this series if you’re interested in the practicalities of publishing data. https://goodpracticeexchange.wordpress.com/2017/02/09/acquiring-data-for-a-cutting-edge-audit-office/
- Good short post on the role of culture in digital transformation (spoiler : it’s more important than the technology)
http://digileaders.com/not-technology-role-culture-digital-transformation/ - The Government unveiled their transformation strategy this week. Although it’s very Government centric (obviously!) there’s lots that’s applicable for anyone interested in service transformation. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-transformation-strategy-2017-to-2020/government-transformation-strategy
- https://doteveryone.org.uk/blog/2017/02/being-an-effective-leader-in-a-digital-age-is-abou/